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dominatrix

/ˌdɒmɪˈneɪtɹɪks/

dominatrix noun: a dominating woman; a female dominator.

dominatrix: a dominating woman; a female dominator
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Noun

dominatrix (plural dominatrices or dominatrixes)

  1. A dominating woman; a female dominator.
  2. A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices.
    • Shadowy masked dominatrixes in stiletto-heeled hip boots snap commands and whips with equal fury.2003, Lora Shaner, Madam: Inside a Nevada Brothel, page 296
    • But even as movies depicting successful madams, freelance hookers, and dominatrices were celebrating prostitution as a marketplace expression of the new sexual freedom, doubts were emerging, a backlash growing.2006, Russell Campbell, Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema, page 226

Verb

dominatrix (third-person singular simple present dominatrixes, present participle dominatrixing, simple past and past participle dominatrixed)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To act as a dominatrix, especially professionally.
    • Cara, when you reach 18, maybe you will take up "dominatrixing" for a living.1999 September 1, cara, quoting Brian Pez, “The most boring character on Road Rules”, in alt.tv.road-rules (Usenet)
    • Not one single nod is given to the fact is might be something a woman would ever do for the sheer blissy hot of it. Nah, nah, nah, nah, NAH! In fact, in this context, that would probably be beyond horridious. And isn’t that kind of weird. Dominatrixing for money is far more okay (and even kind of...2009 March 25, “Foxy (not a reference to the dumper bound DJ Dr Fox – in case you were wondering)”, in Bitchy Jones's Diary

Synonyms of dominatrix

Forms of dominatrix

Noun
pluraldominatrices
pluraldominatrixes
Verb
third-person singular presentdominatrixes
present participledominatrixing
past participledominatrixed
pastdominatrixed

Plural of dominatrix: dominatrices or dominatrixes

Origin of dominatrix

From Latin dominātrīx. By surface analysis, dominate + -trix.

Words formed from dominatrix

Questions about dominatrix

What does dominatrix mean?
Dominatrix means a dominating woman; a female dominator.
What part of speech is dominatrix?
Dominatrix can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce dominatrix?
Dominatrix is pronounced /ˌdɒmɪˈneɪtɹɪks/ (UK).
What is the plural of dominatrix?
The plural of dominatrix is dominatrices.

Words near dominatrix in the dictionary

  1. dominator
  2. dominators
  3. dominatour
  4. dominatours
  5. dominatrices
  6. dominatrix
  7. dominatrixes
  8. dominatrixlike
  9. domine
  10. domineck
  11. dominecker

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