Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
woman ,girl ,goddess , or otherfemale agent thatexterminates ; anexterminatress .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Formed as exterminate + -rix, after a hypothetical Latin etymon of the form *exterminātrīx.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word exterminatrix.
Examples
-
Mary, exterminatrix of heresies and impurity, pray for us.
Monsignor Ganswein----Some folks need to rediscover so called Catholic guilt. Dymphna 2008
-
Mary, exterminatrix of heresies and impurity, pray for us.
Archive 2008-04-01 Dymphna 2008
-
It is therefore probable that she is somewhat less of an exterminatrix than the exasperated people represent her to be.
Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Bernard H. Becker
-
She became a sort of exterminatrix -- a strychninus young person!
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.