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exx

exx is the abbreviation of executrix.

Meaning of executrix

Noun

executrix (plural executrices or executrixes)

  1. (archaic, rare) 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 […]...
  2. (specifically) 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...
    Synonyms:
    executress, execx, exrx, exx, Ex'x
  3. (rare) 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

Questions about exx

What is exx the abbreviation of?
Exx is the abbreviation of executrix.

Words near exx in the dictionary

  1. exvessel
  2. EXW
  3. exwife
  4. exwives
  5. exworker
  6. exx
  7. Exxon
  8. exxy
  9. exy
  10. exzodiacal
  11. exæresis

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