"formatrix" meaning in English

See formatrix in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: formatrixes [plural], formatrices [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin fōrmātrīx. By surface analysis, form + -ate + -trix. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:lbor|la-lat:fōrmātrīx|:afeq|form|-ate<id:verb>|-trix|id=formative faculty|text=*}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin fōrmātrīx., {{surf|en|form|-ate|-trix}} By surface analysis, form + -ate + -trix Head templates: {{en-noun|+,formatrices}} formatrix (plural formatrixes or formatrices)
  1. (obsolete) A formative faculty. Tags: obsolete

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