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語源

From 中期英語 aucteuresse; equivalent to author +‎ -ess.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈɔː.θə.ɹɛs/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈɔ.θɚ.ɹɛs/

名詞

authoress (plural authoresses)

1. (dated) A female author.
   • 1765 January, “A further Account of the celebrated German Poeteſs”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, page 5:

     This obſervation is verified in our authoreſs, who, without deſign, without art, and without inſtruction is arrived at a wonderful perfection in the art of poetry, and may be placed amongſt poets of the firſt claſs.

   • 1841, Thomas Butler, The Truths of the Catholic Religion, page 102:

     Eve was the authoress of sin, Mary the authoress of merit… the one wounded, the other healed.

同意語

• authrix (rare)

参照

• “authoress”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “authoress”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “authoress”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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