Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

executrix

/ɪɡˈzɛkjətɹɪks/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.63 in modern English

Syllables
ex-e-cu-tri-ces
IPA
/ɪɡˈzɛkjətɹɪks/
25
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female person who executes or carries out something.

Archaic

noun

A female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will; a female executor.

noun

A dominatrix who acts a fantasy of killing her client.

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Etymology

From Late Middle English executrice, executrix (“female executor; administrator of the law; wielder of fate”), from Medieval Latin execūtrīx (possibly through Anglo-Norman *executrice) from execūtor, exsecūtor (“accomplisher, performer; prosecutor, revenger”), + Latin -trīx (suffix forming feminine agent nouns). Exsecūtor is derived from Latin exsequor (“to follow after thoroughly, pursue persistently; (figurative) to execute, perform; to pursue with vengeance, avenge”) (from ex- (intensifying prefix) + sequor (“to follow, pursue”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”))) + -tor (suffix forming masculine agent nouns). By surface analysis, execute + -trix (suffix forming feminine agent nouns).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɪɡˈzɛkjətɹɪks/
  • British English: /ɪɡˈzɛkjuːtɹɪks/

Usage

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Phrases

executrix dative

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Questions

How do you pronounce executrix?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɪɡˈzɛkjətɹɪks/.
What does executrix mean?
A female person who executes or carries out something.
Where does executrix come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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