单词 | procreatrix |
释义 | procreatrixn. = procreatress n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > procreator, parent, or origin motherOE stallionc1305 childbearera1382 getterc1390 begetter1440 procreator1548 propagator1585 procreatrix1593 breeder1594 procreatress1597 pregnatress1651 multiplier1660 parent1670 propagatrix1803 baby-maker1968 1593 P. Stubbes Motiue to Good Wks. 18 The earth the mother and procreatrix of all things. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Procreatrice, a procreatrix; a mother, or damme. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια v. 337 The Sun..is a healthfull and fruitfull Starre, because it is the parent and procreatrix of al things. 1936 B. Barclay Carter tr. M. Montessori Secret of Childhood (1963) iii. i. 229 The maternal instinct is not confined to the mother, though she, as direct procreatrix of the species, has the largest share in this task of protection. 1979 N. Reeves Womankind (1982) iii. x. 95 Aeschylus has Apollo assert: The mother is not procreatrix to her child; She only the awakened life doth keep and bear. 2000 M. A. Doll Like Letters in Running Water ii. vii. 119 Nature appears frequently, in the genre of old French romance, whose function as procreatrix is to regulate the use of the organs of generation for species survival. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1593 |
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