Word.ws English Dictionary

perpetratrix

perpetratrix noun: female perpetrator.

Noun

perpetratrix (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) female perpetrator
    Synonyms:
    perpetratress

Synonyms of perpetratrix

Origin of perpetratrix

Learned borrowing from Latin perpetrātrīx. By surface analysis, perpetrate + -trix.

Questions about perpetratrix

What does perpetratrix mean?
Perpetratrix means female perpetrator.
What part of speech is perpetratrix?
Perpetratrix is a noun.

Words near perpetratrix in the dictionary

  1. perpetratorless
  2. perpetratorness
  3. perpetrators
  4. perpetratress
  5. perpetratresses
  6. perpetratrix
  7. perpets
  8. perpetuable
  9. perpetual
  10. perpetual beta
  11. perpetual bond

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: perpetratrix (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “perpetratrix.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/perpetratrix. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.