machinatrix

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin māchinātrīx. By surface analysis, machinate +‎ -trix. === Noun === machinatrix (plural machinatrices) A woman who machinates; a schemer, plotter. 1902, Watson Bradshaw, "Medea", Act II., in The Ten Tragedies of Seneca, page 421. No; thou! thou art the sole machinatrix of all these terrible crimes, thou whose wickedness as a woman is supplemented with that masculine strength which has endowed thee with the audacity to perpetrate such deeds […] ==== Related terms ==== machinate machination machinator