单词 | inventress |
释义 | inventressn. a. A female inventor. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > origination or derivation > invention > one who invents inventrice1509 inventor1555 inventress1586 inventrix1604 patentee1900 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [noun] > creator or inventor > female inventrice1509 inventress1586 inventrix1604 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 75 The inuentresse of lawes, and the mistres of maners and discipline. 1697 J. Dryden Alexander's Feast vii. 7 At last Divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the Vocal Frame. 1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator II. ix. 161 The ingenious Inventress of it had made them call at Rome. 1862 G. Rawlinson Five Great Monarchies I. viii. 216 Chaldæa stands forth as the great parent and original inventress of Asiatic civilisation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [noun] > one who finds or discovers > female inventress1790 1790 T. Pennant Of London (1813) 614 The Holy Cross, and its inventress Helena. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1586 |
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