• Provocatrix

    Origin

    Borrowed from , from la + -provoco + trix.

    Full definition of provocatrix

    Noun

    provocatrix

    (plural provocatrices)
    1. A female provocator.
      • NOV 2, 2012, 'Wreck-It Ralph' Aims for Pixar ... and Misses, Rounding out the primary characters is professional provocatrix Sarah Silverman, who voices Vanellope von Schweetz.
      • JUNE 1, 2013, Lunch with the FT: Franca Sozzani, In the Condé Nast universe,...former French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld was the provocatrix; but Sozzani has become the activist – though you’d never know it to look at her.
      • JUL 30, 2015, Why does Camille Paglia love Donald Trump?, The famously contrarian feminist scholar and provocatrix is gracing her longtime employer, Salon, with a three-part interview this week.----
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