machinatrix en · NOUN
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin māchinātrīx. By surface analysis, machinate + -trix.
Meanings
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A woman who machinates; a schemer, plotter.
1902, Watson Bradshaw, "Medea", Act II., in The Ten Tragedies of Seneca, page 421. No; thou! thou art the sole machinatrix of all these terrible crimes, thou whose wickedness as a woman is supplemented with that masculine strength which has endowed thee with the audacity to perpetrate such deeds […]
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| machinatrices | Number=Plur | lexicographic |