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stimulatrix

stimulatrix noun: a female who stimulates.

Noun

stimulatrix

  1. (rare) A female who stimulates.
    • I think it but reasonable to attribute them [tides] to her [the Moon's] agency, as the stimulatrix and supplier of that electric principle by which land and water, for certain lengths of space and for certain times, mutually attract and repel each other, which is the proper definition of tide.1803, Tiberius Cavallo, Evolution, page 81
    Synonyms:
    stimulatress

Synonyms of stimulatrix

Origin of stimulatrix

Learned borrowing from Latin stimulātrīx. By surface analysis, stimulator + -trix.

Questions about stimulatrix

What does stimulatrix mean?
Stimulatrix means a female who stimulates.
What part of speech is stimulatrix?
Stimulatrix is a noun.

Words near stimulatrix in the dictionary

  1. stimulator
  2. stimulators
  3. stimulatory
  4. stimulatress
  5. stimulatresses
  6. stimulatrix
  7. stimuli
  8. stimulism
  9. stimulogenous
  10. stimulon
  11. stimulons

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