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单词 philosophess
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philosophessn.

Brit. /fᵻˈlɒsəfᵻs/, /fᵻˌlɒsəˈfɛs/, U.S. /fəˈlɑs(ə)fəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: philosophe n., -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < philosophe n. + -ess suffix1. Compare French †philosophesse (1373–1518 in Middle French; subsequently in an isolated attestation at the end of the 17th cent.), Italian filosofessa (a1712, chiefly derogatory). Compare earlier philosopheress n.
Now rare.
= philosopheress n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosopher > [noun] > female
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1668 T. Sydserff Tarugo's Wiles 23 I hope none..will be offended that my neighbour here Clubs his cloven Philosophess.
1773 B. Franklin Let. to W. Brownrigg 7 Nov. As a Philosophess, she will not be discouraged by one or two Failures.
1799 S. Smith Lett. (1953) I. 36 Your character of the Swiss Philosophess sounds well.
1821 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 94 497 Remember me to my philosophess.
1875 M. Collins From Midnight to Midnight II. ii. 222 There were peers and peeresses; there were philosophers and philosophesses.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 730/1 Unlike her daughters, she was not a professed bluestocking or philosophess.
1993 Isis 84 449 Both ceremonies ended with the retreat of the young ‘philosophess’ (filosofessa) to the gonfaloniere's quarters.., where she was privately feted.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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