indagatrix

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UK/ɪndəˈɡeɪtɹɪks/

noun

A female investigator; a searcheress.

OriginLatin indāgātrīx →
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Meanings

nounindagatrix (plural indagatrices)

plural indagatrices

  1. obsoleterareA female investigator; a searcheress.

    The soul, the indigatrix of all things.

    1653, Richard Sanders, Physiognomie and chiromancie, metoposcopie, the symmetrical proportions and signal moles of the body, fully and accurately handled, page 269

Origin

  1. Latinindāgātrīx
  2. Englishindagatrix

From Latin indāgātrīx, feminine form of indāgātor (“investigator”).

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APA

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Chicago

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