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arbitrix

arbitrix noun: a female arbiter, an arbitress.

Noun

arbitrix

  1. (humorous, rare) A female arbiter, an arbitress.
    • Thalèa was daughter of Vulcan; and Ætna, on the other hand, was an arbitrix between litigating parties, and pronounced judgement when Vulcan and Ceres disputed for the land of Sicily.1826, Algernon Herbert, Nimrod, volume III, page 216
    • Neither do I write to insult your misfortunes in this that I, so injured by you, am now the arbitrix of your fate almost as certainly as fate herself — and you know if you have deserved much moderation from me.1844, Emma Robinson, Whitefriars, Third edition, volume I, page 32

Origin of arbitrix

Learned borrowing from Latin arbitrīx. By surface analysis, arbiter + -trix.

Questions about arbitrix

What does arbitrix mean?
Arbitrix means a female arbiter, an arbitress.
What part of speech is arbitrix?
Arbitrix is a noun.

Words near arbitrix in the dictionary

  1. arbitrements
  2. arbitrer
  3. arbitrers
  4. arbitress
  5. arbitresses
  6. arbitrix
  7. Arbizu
  8. Arbizus
  9. arblast
  10. arblaster
  11. arblasters

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