machinatrix

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noun

A woman who machinates; a schemer, plotter.

OriginLatin māchinātrīx →
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Meanings

nounmachinatrix (plural machinatrices)

plural machinatrices

  1. A woman who machinates; a schemer, plotter.

    1902, Watson Bradshaw, "Medea", Act II., in The Ten Tragedies of Seneca, page 421. No; thou! thou art the sole machinatrix of all these terrible crimes, thou whose wickedness as a woman is supplemented with that masculine strength which has endowed thee with the audacity to perpetrate such deeds […]

Origin

  1. Latinmāchinātrīx
  2. Englishmachinatrix

Learned borrowing from Latin māchinātrīx. By surface analysis, machinate + -trix.

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APA

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“machinatrix.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/machinatrix. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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