authoressn.

Brit.

/ˈɔːθ(ə)rᵻs/,

/ˌɔːθəˈrɛs/, U.S.

/ˈɔθ(ə)rəs/,

/ˈɑθ(ə)rəs/

Forms: late Middle English aucteuresse, 1500s–1600s auctresse, 1500s–1600s authresse, 1600s auctress, 1600s authoresse, 1600s authress, 1600s–1700s auth'ress, 1600s– authoress, 1700s authouress.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: author n., -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: < author n. + -ess suffix¹. Compare earlier auctrice n., authrix n.

1. The female writer of a book or other work; a female author.The gender-neutral author is now often preferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > woman

authoress1478

penwoman1747

inditress1822

writeress1822

1478 W. Caxton in Earl Rivers tr. C. de Pisan Morale Prouerbes sig. a4^v Of these sayynges Cristyne was aucteuresse.

1640 Womens Sharpe Revenge 75 I am sure that Ovid, and Aretine were no women, nor was there ever any Woman found to be the Authoresse of such base and vile inventions.

1661 J. Davies tr. D. Blondel Treat. Sibyls i. ix. 24 He [sc. Pausanias] speaks of the pretended Authoress of that Rhapsody.

1727 J. Swift Corinna in Misc. Last vol. ii. 227 At twelve, a Wit and a Coquette..Turns auth'ress, and is Curll's for Life.

1793 J. Farington Diary 20 July (1978) I. 3 Miss Harriet Lee, authoress of a Novel called, Errors of Innocence.

1825 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 31 384 Upon this, the authoress has been misinformed.

1879 G. Meredith Egoist I. 267 As a rule..authoresses are not needlewomen.

1922 Jrnl. Outdoor Life June 184/1 An eminent specialist who is quoted by the authoress of the article.

1959 Life 6 Apr. 146 Mrs. Keyes is the hardest working of authoresses.

2002 Daily Mail 6 Mar. 47 Ladette authoress Zadie Smith.

2012 S. Rivecca in Granta Summer 184 This woman, this sleek, self-made authoress—that word, with its anachronistic, feline hiss of implied dilettantism, seemed made for her—had to be handled differently.

†2. With of. A woman who directs or manages a particular undertaking. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > leader > female

authoress1582

leaderess1599

leaderene1980

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 11 Of this valiant attempt a woomman is authresse [L. dux femina facti].

1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa IV. ii. vi. 582 The Authoress of shedding so much Bloud.

3. With of or possessive adjective. A woman who is the cause or instigator of something; a female source or origin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > agent or person who causes

causec1374

authora1382

workerc1384

causerc1386

begetterc1390

causac1420

workera1425

upraiserc1440

inspirerc1450

procurer1451

occasioner?c1452

procurator1486

purchaser1548

authorera1556

wielder1570

agent1571

effector1586

effecter1591

authoress1592

effectress1601

effectrix1611

performer1616

inducera1631

causeress1631

causatrix1649

father-in-law1650

pregnatress1651

matter1686

energizer1804

establisher1812

bringer1866

1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) vii. xxxvi. 160 Only thou art Auctresse of such ill.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 32 She was the authresse [It. l'autrice] of all the mischiefe.

1645 J. Goodwin Innocency & Truth Triumphing 63 If all the errors..should be charged upon the way of Presbyterie, as the Authoresse and Foundresse of them.

1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxiv. 970 Others curst the Auth'ress of their Woe.

1786 New Novelist's Mag. 1 63/1 In this unhappy situation let us leave it for a while, and return to the authoress of it; the injured, but well-revenged Barsina.

1823 E. Nares Heraldic Anomalies II. 209 The stigma of being, though unwittingly, the authoress of such confusion.

1839 F. Close Serm. to Female Chartists of Cheltenham 3 She..became the authoress of all the sin which is in the world.

1909 H. Belloc Marie Antoinette (1913) x. 256 That action had the Queen for its authoress.

1946 H. Nicolson Congress Vienna xv. 251 Baroness von Krüdener always claimed, and Gentz believed, that she was the authoress of the Holy Alliance.

1998 C. McCarthy Cities of Plain i. 65 As if the mother of God herself were the authoress of all that calamity and mayhem and madness.

4. With of. A female creator; a mother. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun]

mothereOE

dame?c1225

merea1275

childbearera1382

genitricea1500

mammy1523

dama1547

mama1555

genetrix1561

mam1570

mum?1595

old lady1599

authoressc1603

mam1608

genitress1610

old woman1668

old girl1745

mummy1768

momma1810

madre1815

maw1826

ma1829

marm1835

mater1843

mom1846

mommy1846

maternal1867

motherkins1870

muvver1871

mumsy1876

mamacita1887

mutti1905

birth mother1906

duchess1909

amma1913

momsey1914

mums1915

moms1925

mata1945

baby-mother1966

mama1982

old dear1985

baby-mama1986

c1603 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliad vi. 277 The great helm-mover thus received the auth'ress of his kind: ‘My royal mother.’

1681 A. Radcliffe Ovid Travestie (ed. 2) 100 A plaguy Jade, who curses Night and Noon, And houls, and heaves her Arse against the Moon, Contemning her as Authress of the Flowers.

1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. vi. 1491 Who, they say, is a female, and the supreme authoress of nature.

1884 T. C. Baring tr. Lucretius Scheme of Epicurus i. 29 Nature, authoress Of all things.

1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xix. 341 Old Mrs. Inman, the cook, small, frail, indomitable, the authoress of how many thousand meals!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	authoress
释义	authoressn. Brit. /ˈɔːθ(ə)rᵻs/, /ˌɔːθəˈrɛs/, U.S. /ˈɔθ(ə)rəs/, /ˈɑθ(ə)rəs/ Forms: late Middle English aucteuresse, 1500s–1600s auctresse, 1500s–1600s authresse, 1600s auctress, 1600s authoresse, 1600s authress, 1600s–1700s auth'ress, 1600s– authoress, 1700s authouress. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: author n., -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < author n. + -ess suffix¹. Compare earlier auctrice n., authrix n. 1. The female writer of a book or other work; a female author.The gender-neutral author is now often preferred. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > woman authoress1478 penwoman1747 inditress1822 writeress1822 1478 W. Caxton in Earl Rivers tr. C. de Pisan Morale Prouerbes sig. a4^v Of these sayynges Cristyne was aucteuresse. 1640 Womens Sharpe Revenge 75 I am sure that Ovid, and Aretine were no women, nor was there ever any Woman found to be the Authoresse of such base and vile inventions. 1661 J. Davies tr. D. Blondel Treat. Sibyls i. ix. 24 He [sc. Pausanias] speaks of the pretended Authoress of that Rhapsody. 1727 J. Swift Corinna in Misc. Last vol. ii. 227 At twelve, a Wit and a Coquette..Turns auth'ress, and is Curll's for Life. 1793 J. Farington Diary 20 July (1978) I. 3 Miss Harriet Lee, authoress of a Novel called, Errors of Innocence. 1825 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 31 384 Upon this, the authoress has been misinformed. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist I. 267 As a rule..authoresses are not needlewomen. 1922 Jrnl. Outdoor Life June 184/1 An eminent specialist who is quoted by the authoress of the article. 1959 Life 6 Apr. 146 Mrs. Keyes is the hardest working of authoresses. 2002 Daily Mail 6 Mar. 47 Ladette authoress Zadie Smith. 2012 S. Rivecca in Granta Summer 184 This woman, this sleek, self-made authoress—that word, with its anachronistic, feline hiss of implied dilettantism, seemed made for her—had to be handled differently. †2. With of. A woman who directs or manages a particular undertaking. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > leader > female authoress1582 leaderess1599 leaderene1980 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 11 Of this valiant attempt a woomman is authresse [L. dux femina facti]. 1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa IV. ii. vi. 582 The Authoress of shedding so much Bloud. 3. With of or possessive adjective. A woman who is the cause or instigator of something; a female source or origin. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > agent or person who causes causec1374 authora1382 workerc1384 causerc1386 begetterc1390 causac1420 workera1425 upraiserc1440 inspirerc1450 procurer1451 occasioner?c1452 procurator1486 purchaser1548 authorera1556 wielder1570 agent1571 effector1586 effecter1591 authoress1592 effectress1601 effectrix1611 performer1616 inducera1631 causeress1631 causatrix1649 father-in-law1650 pregnatress1651 matter1686 energizer1804 establisher1812 bringer1866 1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) vii. xxxvi. 160 Only thou art Auctresse of such ill. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 32 She was the authresse [It. l'autrice] of all the mischiefe. 1645 J. Goodwin Innocency & Truth Triumphing 63 If all the errors..should be charged upon the way of Presbyterie, as the Authoresse and Foundresse of them. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxiv. 970 Others curst the Auth'ress of their Woe. 1786 New Novelist's Mag. 1 63/1 In this unhappy situation let us leave it for a while, and return to the authoress of it; the injured, but well-revenged Barsina. 1823 E. Nares Heraldic Anomalies II. 209 The stigma of being, though unwittingly, the authoress of such confusion. 1839 F. Close Serm. to Female Chartists of Cheltenham 3 She..became the authoress of all the sin which is in the world. 1909 H. Belloc Marie Antoinette (1913) x. 256 That action had the Queen for its authoress. 1946 H. Nicolson Congress Vienna xv. 251 Baroness von Krüdener always claimed, and Gentz believed, that she was the authoress of the Holy Alliance. 1998 C. McCarthy Cities of Plain i. 65 As if the mother of God herself were the authoress of all that calamity and mayhem and madness. 4. With of. A female creator; a mother. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] mothereOE dame?c1225 merea1275 childbearera1382 genitricea1500 mammy1523 dama1547 mama1555 genetrix1561 mam1570 mum?1595 old lady1599 authoressc1603 mam1608 genitress1610 old woman1668 old girl1745 mummy1768 momma1810 madre1815 maw1826 ma1829 marm1835 mater1843 mom1846 mommy1846 maternal1867 motherkins1870 muvver1871 mumsy1876 mamacita1887 mutti1905 birth mother1906 duchess1909 amma1913 momsey1914 mums1915 moms1925 mata1945 baby-mother1966 mama1982 old dear1985 baby-mama1986 c1603 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliad vi. 277 The great helm-mover thus received the auth'ress of his kind: ‘My royal mother.’ 1681 A. Radcliffe Ovid Travestie (ed. 2) 100 A plaguy Jade, who curses Night and Noon, And houls, and heaves her Arse against the Moon, Contemning her as Authress of the Flowers. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. vi. 1491 Who, they say, is a female, and the supreme authoress of nature. 1884 T. C. Baring tr. Lucretius Scheme of Epicurus i. 29 Nature, authoress Of all things. 1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xix. 341 Old Mrs. Inman, the cook, small, frail, indomitable, the authoress of how many thousand meals! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1478
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