Authouress
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Obsolete form of authoress. alt-of, obsolete
"The part which depends on the imagination is very well supplied, as you will find when you read the paper ; for descriptions of life, there is now a treaty almost made with an authour and an authouress ; and the province of criticism and literature they are very desirous to assign to the commentator on Virgil."
Example
More examples"The part which depends on the imagination is very well supplied, as you will find when you read the paper ; for descriptions of life, there is now a treaty almost made with an authour and an authouress ; and the province of criticism and literature they are very desirous to assign to the commentator on Virgil."
Etymology
From authour + -ess.
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