• Ancestrix

    Pronunciation

    • RP enPR: ănʹsÄ­strÄ­ks, IPA: /ˈænsɪstɹɪks/

    Origin

    ancest(or) ("forebear") + -rix (suffix forming feminine agent nouns)

    Full definition of ancestrix

    Noun

    ancestrix

    (plural ancestrices or ancestrixes)
    “Ancestor” defined identically by:
      Ancestors: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases (2008, ICON Group International, Inc.) on page 371, and by:
      Correctives: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases (2008, ICON Group International, Inc.) on page 205
    , as:
        Ancestor. An ancestor is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an ancestor. …The correct female form of the word is “ancestrix”, pl: “ancestrixes” or “ancestrices”.
    1. A female forebear or ancestor; a predecessoress.
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