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motrix

/ˈməʊtɹɪks/

motrix noun: a female instigator or cause of something.

Noun

motrix (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, rare) A female instigator or cause of something.
    • So Dixon for the second time in two minutes finds himself laughing without the Motrix of honest Mirth1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 13

Origin of motrix

A post-classical Latin female form of classical Latin motor (“motor”). It is used as the feminine form of motor (“(he) that moves”) in neo-Latin, as in the original of Newton's Laws of Motion: proportionalem esse vi motrici impressae ‘is proportional to the motive force applied’ formed on the agentive suffix: -tor (masculine) / -trix (feminine).

Questions about motrix

What does motrix mean?
Motrix means a female instigator or cause of something.
What part of speech is motrix?
Motrix is a noun.
How do you pronounce motrix?
Motrix is pronounced /ˈməʊtɹɪks/.

Words near motrix in the dictionary

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  2. motretinide
  3. motricities
  4. motricity
  5. Motrin
  6. motrix
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  8. mots
  9. mots justes
  10. motser
  11. motshelo

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