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单词 oratrix
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oratrixn.

Brit. /ɒˈreɪtrɪks/, /ˈɒrətrɪks/, U.S. /ɔˈreɪtrɪks/, /ˈɔrəˌtrɪks/
Inflections: Plural oratrices.
Forms: late Middle English– oratrix, 1500s oratorix, 1500s oratrixe, 1500s oratryx.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ōrātrīc-, ōrātrīx, ōrātor.
Etymology: < classical Latin ōrātrīc-, ōrātrīx, feminine form corresponding to ōrātor orator n.: see -trix suffix. Compare earlier oratrice n. and later oratress n.
1. A female plaintiff or petitioner. Now rare (chiefly U.S. Law).Formerly commonly used in closing a letter or petition.
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the mind > language > speech > request > one who requests > [noun] > female
oratrice1432
oratrixa1469
oratress1587
invitress1617
solicitress1631
solicitrix1637
suitress1691
a1469 C. Daune in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 390 I schal contynuwe youre oratrix and pore seruaunte, and hertely pray to God for your prosperite.
1534–5 in C. More Life Sir T. More (1828) 373 Your poure contynuall Oratryx Dame Alis More.
1594 W. West Symbolæogr.: 2nd Pt. ii. Chancerie §145 It chaunced the husband of your said Oratrix..to be bounden in a Recognisance.
1601 A. I. Cameron Warrender Papers (1932) II. 385 Your majesties maist oblist and affectionat oratrix Nicolas Lady Bonytoun.
1747 tr. Mem. Nutrebian Court I. 107 The king, raising the princess, said to the queen, Your little oratrix has pleaded too well, not to succeed.
1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 475/1 Oratrix, or Oratress, a female petitioner; a female plaintiff in a bill in Chancery [1872 adds: was formerly so called].
1933 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 27 779 (title) The State of Vermont, Oratrix, v. The State of New Hampshire, Defendant.
1946 Cosmopolitan Oct. 126/2 Her complaint alleged, among other things: ‘Four years ago, approximately, your oratrix submitted herself to a plastic surgeon, to straighten her nose and otherwise improve her appearance’.
1964 Southern Reporter 2nd Ser. 163 616 Your oratrix says that said automobiles were of value and were bound by the recorded judgment lien in her favor as hereinbefore alleged.
2. A female public speaker; = oratress n. 2. Also figurative. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > one who makes a speech or speeches
ditera1387
fair speakera1398
speakerc1400
pronouncer?a1425
orator?a1439
oratrice1565
oratress1587
rhetor1588
oratrix?1592
tongue-man1594
tonguesman1596
public speaker1646
holder-forth1661
tub-minister1662
spokesman1663
addresser1665
tub-drubbera1704
speech-maker1710
speecher1762
orationer1765
speechifiera1777
mob-orator1814
perorator1827
elocutionist1847
tub-orator1849
spokester1850
patterer1851
platformer1851
oratist1860
stem-winder1875
addressor1897
pep talker1925
?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. B1 I fight not with my tongue, this is my Oratrix. [stage direct.] Laying his hand vpon his sword.
1668 P. M. Cimmerian Matron 5 in W. Charleton Ephesian & Cimmerian Matrons There needed not much of Rhetorick on the part of this Oratrix.
1696 M. Pix Inhumane Cardinal 109 A Description from so sweet an Oratrix will charm me far beyond the gaudy show.
1842 W. M. Thackeray Miss Tickletoby's Lect. i That magic spell of poesy, which the elegant oratrix flung round her audience.
1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Oct. 5/2 The well-known secularist oratrix.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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