ostentatrix

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ostentātrīx.[1] By surface analysis, ostentator +‎ -trix.

Noun

ostentatrix (plural ostentatrices)

  1. (rare) An ostentatious woman

References

  1. ^ “ostentatrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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