Prosecutrix (noun)
pros-e-kew-triks
A female plaintiff; a woman who brings a charge against someone in a court of law.
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Lives Most Remarkable Criminals. From classical Latin prōsecūt-, past participial stem of prōsequī + -trix, after prosecutor.
Example sentences
“The prosectrix brought the evidence to the court.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
