Inventrix

//ɪnˈvɛntɹɪks// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female that invents. archaic

    "Trouveuſe: f. An inventrix; or a woman that findeth out."

Example

More examples

"Trouveuſe: f. An inventrix; or a woman that findeth out."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inventrīx. By surface analysis, inventor + -trix.

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