scientess

English

Etymology

From scientist +‎ -ess (the suffix -ist is removed).

Noun

scientess (plural scientesses)

1. (rare) A female scientist.
   • 1945, “The Editor Has a Notion”, in The Writer’s Monthly‎^[1], volume 66, page 351, column 2:

     Even Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, was more artiste in her day than scientess (word fully protected by contemplated copyright).

   • 1947, Ward Moore, “Consequences of a Discovery”, in Greener Than You Think, New York, N.Y.: William Sloane Associates, Inc., page 53:

     On account of your female Burbank, your scientess (scientistess is a twister. Peder Piber et a peg of piggled pebbers) won’t play ball with W R.

   • 1957, “Counselors”, in Portal; Weaver High School; Hartford, Connecticut, page 17:

     ELEANOR M. GLEASON / gay, energetic “scientess” … / full of clever and original ideas / Science

   • 1969, Norma Rosen, Touching Evil, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., →LCCN, page 151:

     I shall be an aviatrix scientess!

   • 1973 July, “The Monster Times Teletype”, in The Monster Times, volume 1, number 24, page 24:

     Beauteous Nancy Kwan stars as mad scientess, Suzy Wrong.

   • 2000 December 11, Doug Robarchek, “Does his brain hear hers? 2 halves make a whole new battle”, in The Charlotte Observer‎^[2], volume 131, number 346, Charlotte, N.C., page 1E, column 6:

     Anyway, one scientist (a guy scientist, not a, whatchacallit, scientess) said maybe women just need to use their whole brain.

   • 2010, Michael Adams, “Jerry, Jerry Bad”, in Showgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies: A Film Critic’s Year-Long Quest to Find the Worst Movie Ever Made, It Books, →ISBN, page 274:

     Four dudes trying for a hot-air balloon world record crash and wash up on an island populated by hippie cave girls who smoke skull bongs and zombie hordes under the control of Katherine Victor’s mad scientess Sheila Frankenstein.

   • 2017, Kittredge Cherry, Womansword: What Japanese Words Say About Women‎^[3], Stone Bridge Press, →ISBN:

     The trendy new word rikejo refers to young women in the sciences — something like a sci-girl or scientess.

   • 2019 June, The Green Lantern‎^[4], number 6:

     only mu’s blackstars can protect rann now, scientess alanna.