machinatrix
English
Noun
machinatrix (plural machinatrices)
- A woman who machinates; a schemer, plotter.
- 1902, Watson Bradshaw, "Medea", Act II., in The Ten Tragedies of Seneca, page 421.
- No; thou! thou art the sole machinatrix of all these terrible crimes, thou whose wickedness as a woman is supplemented with that masculine strength which has endowed thee with the audacity to perpetrate such deeds […]
- 1902, Watson Bradshaw, "Medea", Act II., in The Ten Tragedies of Seneca, page 421.
Related terms
- machinate
- machination
- machinator