inventrix
Pronunciation
  • (RP) enPR: ĭnvĕnʹtrĭks, IPA: /ɪnˈvɛntɹɪks/
Noun

inventrix (plural inventrices)

  1. (archaic or often pejorative) A female that invents.
    • 1673: Randle Cotgrave, A French and English Dictionary, “Trouveuſe ↗
      Trouveuſe: f. An inventrix; or a woman that findeth out.
    • 1997: Angelika Taschen, Roberto Ohrt, and Burkhard Riemschneider [eds.], Kippenberger, page 218 ↗ (Taschen; ISBN 3822878677, 9783822878675)
      Two proletariat inventrices on the way to an inventor’s congress
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