editrix

[Wilson Gray]

But wouldn't the adjectival form be "editricial," based on the Latin
stem and not the whole Latin word?

On 11/3/06, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> This is old stuff to OED (1845), but I'd never encountered it in real life till _Catherine Crier Live_ on Court TV just flashed this caption: "Seventeen Editrix Teams Up with Myspace to Promote Safety."
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>   No OED entry for "editrixial," adj. & n.
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>   JL
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