† ˈsophistress Obs.
[f. sophist or sophister: see -ess.]
A female sophist.
| 1631 Mabbe Celestina iv. 45 Like a prevaricating Sophistresse..playing the traitour on both sides. 1671 H. M. tr. Erasm. Colloq. 243, I think thou art some sophistress thou pratest so wittily. 1725 Bailey Erasm. Colloq. (1878) I. 213 Ma. But may I play the Sophister with you now? Pa. The Sophistress. |