carissa Save DMLBS Gaffiot 2016 carissa [CL gl. (?) < κάρισσα, perh. conf. w. garcia], ~ia , deceitful woman, harlot. fals moder or †urech[v. l. wenche], garicia, ‥ moddyr, servaunte or wench ‥, quene, woman of lytyl price, carisia PP; hec caricia, i. fallax ancilla WW; a common woman, alicaria, carisia, ‥ lena CathA. cărissa (-īsa), æ, f. , femme rusée : Lucil. d. P. Fest. 44 || servante trompeuse : Gloss. Scal.