单词 | procreatress |
释义 | procreatressn. A female procreator, a mother. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > procreator, parent, or origin motherOE stallionc1305 childbearera1382 getterc1390 begetter1440 procreator1548 propagator1585 procreatrix1593 breeder1594 procreatress1597 pregnatress1651 multiplier1660 parent1670 propagatrix1803 baby-maker1968 1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. xiv. sig. S O idol-worshipping, thou mother art, She-procreatresse of a he offence. 1623 J. Wodroephe Spared Houres Souldier 528/2 The most liberall Mother and Procreatresse of all Things, the Earth. 1901 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 31 92 The word for ‘mother’ means ‘the procreatress’, but the word for ‘father’ should be translated ‘older man’. 1986 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 105 387 She is the mother of the gods and as such is referred to as..‘the procreatress of the gods’. 1996 J. P. Mentha & J. Waelti-Walters tr. J. Hyvrard Dead Girl in Lace Dress 47 My procreatress has looked at me, and I have found favour in her eyes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597 |
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