ostentatrix

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noun

An ostentatious woman

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounostentatrix (plural ostentatrices)

plural ostentatrices

Origin

  1. Latinostentātrīx
  2. Englishostentatrix

Learned borrowing from Latin ostentātrīx. By surface analysis, ostentator + -trix.

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APA

ostentatrix. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ostentatrix

MLA

“ostentatrix.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ostentatrix. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ostentatrix,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ostentatrix.

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