Motrix

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈməʊtɹɪks/

Origin

A post-classical Latin female form of classical Latin motor ("motor"). It is used as the feminine form of motor ("(he) that moves") in neo-Latin, as in the original of Isaac_Newton's : proportionalem esse vi motrici impressae ‘is proportional to the motive force applied’ formed on the agentive suffix: -tor (masculine)
-trix (feminine).

It is also used as an adjective in modern Italian: veicoli motrici ‘motor vehicles’.

Full definition of motrix

Noun

1. a female instigator or cause of something
• 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, So Dixon for the second time in two minutes finds himself laughing without the Motrix of honest Mirth