单词 | curatrix |
释义 | curatrixn.ΚΠ a1475 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 50 (MED) O kynde curatrix..To cure oure sore þou keptyst a corn. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 167 That Nature of Hippocrates, that is the Curatrix of Diseases. 2. A female guardian of a minor or other person not fully capable of conducting his or her own affairs. Cf. curator n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > guardian of minor or incapable person > female tutrix1515 governatrix1576 curatrix1595 guardianessa1627 tutress1653 tutoress1760 1595 Edinb. Test. XXVIII. f. 238 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) The quhilk Issobell Grahame my spous I mak..tutrix, curatrix, and intromisatrix to..my haill bairnes. 1683 J. Dalrymple Decisions Lords of Council & Session I. Index 27/1 The same was presumed to be the Childrens means by their Father, though their Mother was not Tutrix or Curatrix to them. 1901 Women of Canada (National Council of Women of Canada) 41 The wife may become curatrix of her interdicted husband. 2016 Mercury (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 16 June (E1 ed.) 3 Sarah Jane Linscott..was appointed by a court at the time as a curatrix to represent the interests of six children in the process of being adopted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.a1475 |
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