nonce-word. [f. WRITER, after L. fem. agent-nouns in -trix.] A female writer; an authoress.
1772. Nugent, trans. Hist. Friar Gerund, I. 145. Why should it not be said, She was not a common woman, but a geniusess and an elegant writrix?
nonce-word. [f. WRITER, after L. fem. agent-nouns in -trix.] A female writer; an authoress.
1772. Nugent, trans. Hist. Friar Gerund, I. 145. Why should it not be said, She was not a common woman, but a geniusess and an elegant writrix?
