单词 | authrix |
释义 | † authrixn. Obsolete. 1. A female expert or authority. ΚΠ c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) iv. l. 1757 (MED) Onto this auctrix ȝe may neuere seye nay, ffor as an auctor a[d]mitted in ȝoure lawe Is she receyued. 2. A woman who is the cause or instigator of something; a (female) source or origin. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > one who originates sower1380 originalc1390 beginnerc1400 authrix?a1475 mother1560 grandmother1569 seedster1589 father-in-law1650 originator1818 originatress1840 incubator1864 originant1892 the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > one who incites or instigates > female mistressa1387 authrix?a1475 fautress1605 instigatrix1611 provokeress1611 stimulatrix1611 motrix1642 fomentress1646 promptress1793 stimulatress1846 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1876) VI. 307 Quendreda, the auctrix [L. auctrix] and cause of his dethe, herynge men to synge, lokede furthe of a wyndowe. 1649 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes 74 A certaine Naturall sensation, the immediate Authrix [L. authricem] of all sympathy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1450 |
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