Etymology

compurgatrix

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Today it means: Female compurgator. Full definition →

Latin compurgatrix
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromcompurgatrix
  2. English todaycompurgatrix

From Latin compurgatrix, equivalent to compurgator (“someone who vouches for another person's innocence”) + -trix (female agent noun-forming suffix).

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