authrix

Female equivalent of author.

Noun

  1. Female equivalent of author.
    • Authrice: f. An Autrix, Authoreſſe, or Actreſſe. - 1611, Randle Cotgrave, compiler, “Authrice”, in A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, signature H ij, recto, column 2:
    • Eue was auctrix of death: Marie is auctrix of merit. Eue did hurt by killing: Marie did helpe by quickening, &c. - 1614, Iohn White, A Defence of the Way to the True Church Against A.D. His Reply Wherein the Motives...
    • That the Magnetiſme of the Loadſtone and other inanimate Creatures is performed by a certain Naturall ſenſation, the immediate Authrix of all ſympathy, is a truth unqueſtionable. - 1650, Joh. Bapt. Van Helmont,...

Origin

Compare Latin auctrīx (also authrīx and autrīx in later Latin) and Middle English auctrice, auctrix. By surface analysis, author + -trix.

Forms

authrices

Synonyms

authoress