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单词 contemplatrix
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contemplatrixn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin contemplatrix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin contemplatrix female contemplator (8th cent. in a British source), use as noun of classical Latin contemplātrīx , adjective, feminine form corresponding to contemplātor contemplator n. < contemplāt- , past participial stem of contemplāre contemplate v. + -trīx -trix suffix.
Obsolete. rare.
A female contemplator.In quots. as a personification.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > one who contemplates > female
contemplatrix1656
1656 T. Stanley tr. Proclus in Hist. Philos. II. v. 18 Plato,..calls Geometry the Contemplatrix [Gk. θεωρητικὴν] of Planes.
1803 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1957) I. 1705 Reason only as a Contemplatrix, a source of new Enjoyments of Reflection & Gratitude.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019).
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