单词 | physicianess |
释义 | physicianessn. Now rare. A female physician. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > female woman physician1533 doctress1577 doctrix1604 doctoress1641 physicianess1662 lady doctor1684 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 171 If nature the Physitianesse [L. medicatrix] of her self, can overcome diseases by her own goodnesse. 1786 H. Walpole Let. to Mrs. H. More 9 Feb. I might send for you as my physicianess. 1859 Ladies' Repository Oct. 596/2 The words poetess, editress, are abominations, and we have no such terms as sculptress, paintress, physicianess, nor workress. 1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 27 Sept. 70 (advt.) Petite, pretty, 46 y.o. Jewish physicianesse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1662 |
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