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sophistress

noun

Etymology

From sophist + -ress and sophister + -ess.

  1. derived from σοφιστής — “wise one”
  2. learned borrowing from sophista
  3. suffixed as sophistress — “sophist + ress”

Definitions

  1. A female sophist.

    • 1677, Thomas D’Urfey, A Fond Husband, London: James Magnes & Richard Bentley, Act V, Scene 5, p. 61, Now the mighty Sophistress is o’erthrown!
    • VVhat vvill you ſay to Aſpatia Mileſia, vvho is Celebrated as a Sophiſtreſs, (you knovv the VVord Sophister vvas not then abus'd) a Teacher of Rethorick, and a Poeteſs?

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