executrix
Syllables: ex·e·cu·trixUK/ɪɡˈzɛkjuːtɹɪks//ɪɡˈzɛkjətɹɪks/
executrix noun: a female person who executes or carries out something.
Noun
executrix (plural executrices or executrixes)
- A female person who executes or carries out something.
- My deere he ſayes, vvho vnder golden haire / And vvith a looke ſo delicate in ſhovv, / Doth aged vvit, and manly ſtomacke beare: / […] / VVeaue thou the vveb begun by my deuice, / Of vvarie age as bold executrice. // Goe to the en'mies Campe, and there employ / Ech vvomans vvile, vvhich loue may...1594, Torquato Tasso, “Canto Qarto: The Fourth Song”, in R[ichard] C[arew], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Hierusalem. […], London: […] Iohn Windet for Christopher Hunt […]...
- [A]s for Paracelſus his conceit that Giants and Nymphs vvere artificially born, that he ſayes is falſe: For the firſt ought to be born vvithout humane Art: and that they uſed Art to the generation of men, and not Nature ſeems uncertain & falſ, unleſſe the intelligences, the executrices of Gods...1650, John Bulwer, “Scene XXII. Cruel and Fantastical Inventions of Men Practised upon Their Bodies in a Supposed Way of Bravery”, in Anthropometamorphosis: Man Transform’d; or, The Artificial...
- A female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will; a female executor.
- And fewe [wives] there be that be not made at the death of their huſbandes either ſole or chiefe executrixes of his laſt wil and teſtament, and haue for the moſt part the gouernement of the children and their portions: […]1562–1565 (date written), Thomas Smyth [i.e., Thomas Smith], “Of Wiues and Mariages”, in De Republica Anglorum. The Maner of Gouernement or Policie of the Realme of England, […], London: […] Henrie...
- A female […] at ſeventeen may be executrix; and at tvventy one may diſpoſe of herſelf and her lands.1765, William Blackstone, “Of Guardian and Ward”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, book I (Of the Rights of Persons), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 451
- Synonyms:
- executress, execx, exrx, exx, Ex'x
- A dominatrix who acts a fantasy of killing her client.
- The fact that a Google search for “Femdom Executrix” yields over 2,000 results for online videos is proof enough that the erotic death fantasy is an aspect […]2023 September 20, Douglas Thomas, The Deep Psychology of BDSM and Kink: Jungian and Archetypal Perspectives on the Soul’s Transgressive Necessities, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN
executrix meaning in Arabic
executrix in Arabic
- female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will
- مُنَفِّذَة munaffiḏa, مُنْجِزَة munjiza, وَلِيَّة waliyya, وَصِيّ waṣiyy
Synonyms of executrix
Forms of executrix
| plural | executrices |
|---|---|
| plural | executrixes |
| alternative form | executrice |
Origin of executrix
From Late Middle English executrice, executrix (“female executor; administrator of the law; wielder of fate”), from Medieval Latin execūtrīx (possibly through Anglo-Norman *executrice) from execūtor, exsecūtor (“accomplisher, performer; prosecutor, revenger”), + Latin -trīx (suffix forming feminine agent nouns). Exsecūtor is derived from Latin exsequor (“to follow after thoroughly, pursue persistently; (figurative) to execute, perform; to pursue with vengeance, avenge”) (from ex- (intensifying prefix) + sequor (“to follow, pursue”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”))) + -tor (suffix forming masculine agent nouns). By surface analysis, execute + -trix (suffix forming feminine agent nouns).
Words formed from executrix
- coexecutrix
- executrix dative
- executrixship
Questions about executrix
- What does executrix mean?
- Executrix means a female person who executes or carries out something.
- What is executrix in Arabic?
- Executrix in Arabic is مُنَفِّذَة (munaffiḏa), مُنْجِزَة (munjiza), وَلِيَّة (waliyya). See Executrix meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is executrix?
- Executrix is a noun.
- How do you pronounce executrix?
- Executrix is pronounced /ɪɡˈzɛkjuːtɹɪks/ (UK).
- What is the plural of executrix?
- The plural of executrix is executrices.
Words near executrix in the dictionary
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