Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prolocutrix

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-locutrix
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Female equivalent of prolocutor.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Lady Countesse, hath the Lords made you a charter, and sent you (for that you are an eloquent speaker) to be their aduocate and prolocutrix?"
"A furious clash fell betwixt them who should be the Prolocutrix."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin prōlocūtrīx. By surface analysis, prolocutor + -trix. First attested in 1612.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

prolocutrices (plural)

Synonyms

prolocutress spokeswoman

Questions

What does prolocutrix mean?: Female equivalent of prolocutor.
Where does prolocutrix come from?: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin prōlocūtrīx. By surface analysis, prolocutor + -trix. First attested in 1612.

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