authrix

Definitions

Female equivalent of author.

feminine, form-of, no-plural, rare

Examples

“Authrice: f. An Autrix, Authoreſſe, or Actreſſe.”

“Eue was auctrix of death: Marie is auctrix of merit. Eue did hurt⟳ by killing: Marie did helpe by quickening, &c.”

“That the Magnetiſme of the Loadſtone and other inanimate Creatures is performed by a certain Naturall ſenſation, the immediate Authrix of all ſympathy, is a truth unqueſtionable.”

“As for the publick injuries to which thou oughtest to give⟳ satisfaction, two things are required. One to produce⟳ the author, or confesse thy self to be autrix of the calumnies raised against the Queen and the Prince of Arabia.”

“Yet we need⟳ not introduce⟳ Præexiſtence to ſolve the miſfortune, nor father this their infelicity on the miſcarriages of a former ſtate, to prevent⟳ daring reflections on Providence, as if that were the Autrix of it;”

“Doubtless the authrix of the item in question⟳ was the same reportrix who told about “Paderewski and I” in a recent issue⟳ of a city paper which appears to have⟳ surrendered itself to reportrixes and such like⟳ curios.”

“Frances Joyce is star of technicolor ads, a toe dancer, and authrix of a non-spooked book on her experiences as a model⟳.”

“Oh puh-leeze, won't somebody out there dig⟳ up a copy⟳ of _Motorcycle Mouse_ or _Runaway Ralph_ (great kid's books about a mouse named Ralph -- sorry, the authrix' name⟳ escapes me) and find⟳ the cite of this song?”

“I got one offered directly from the author (or should I say⟳ authrix) with the choices: not signed or inscribed, signed or signed and inscribed.”

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