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sculptrix

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: skŭlpʹtrĭks
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈskʌlptɹɪks/

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noun

Meaning 1

A woman who sculpts; a female sculptor; a sculptress.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2001, Larissa Golden Brown and Martin John Brown, Demystifying Grant Seeking: What You Really Need to Do to Get Grants (Jossey-Bass; →ISBN, 9780787956509), page ? Wendy is a 29-year-old mixed media sculptrix with an MFA from Port University.

Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sculptrīx. By surface analysis, sculpt + -trix.