dominatrices

dom·i·na·trix

[dom-uh-ney-triks]
noun, plural dom·i·na·tri·ces [-ney-truh-seez, -nuh-trahy-seez] .
1.
a woman who plays the dominant role in a sado-masochistic sexual relationship or encounter.
2.
a woman who dominates.

Origin:
1555–65; < Latin; see dominate, -trix


See -trix.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To dominatrices
Collins
World English Dictionary
dominatrix (ˌdɒmɪˈneɪtrɪks) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl dominatrices
1.  a woman who is the dominant sexual partner in a sadomasochistic relationship
2.  a dominant woman
 
[C16: from Latin, fem of dominātor, from dominārī to be lord over]

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
00:10
Dominatrices is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Etymonline
Word Origin & History

dominatrix
"dominant female entity," attested since 1560s, though not in quite the usual modern sense ("Rome ... dominatrix of nations" [1561]). See see domination + -trix. Modern BDSM sense attested by 1976.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT