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provocatrix

provocatrix noun: a female provocator.

Noun

provocatrix (plural provocatrices)

  1. A female provocator.
    • Rounding out the primary characters is professional provocatrix Sarah Silverman, who voices Vanellope von Schweetz[…].2012 November 2, Christopher Orr, “'Wreck-It Ralph' Aims for Pixar ... and Misses”, in The Atlantic
    • In the Condé Nast universe,[…]former French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld was the provocatrix; but Sozzani has become the activist – though you’d never know it to look at her.2013 June 1, Vanessa Friedman, “Lunch with the FT: Franca Sozzani”, in Financial Times

Synonyms of provocatrix

Forms of provocatrix

pluralprovocatrices

Origin of provocatrix

Learned borrowing from Late Latin prōvocātrīx. By surface analysis, provocator + -trix.

Questions about provocatrix

What does provocatrix mean?
Provocatrix means a female provocator.
What part of speech is provocatrix?
Provocatrix is a noun.
What is the plural of provocatrix?
The plural of provocatrix is provocatrices.

Words near provocatrix in the dictionary

  1. provocatives
  2. provocator
  3. provocators
  4. provocatory
  5. provocatrice
  6. provocatrix
  7. provok't
  8. provokable
  9. provokatsiya
  10. provoke
  11. provoked

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