Definition of progenitress in English:

progenitress

noun prə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪtrɪs

rare

单词	progenitress
释义	Definition of progenitress in English: progenitress noun prə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪtrɪs rare A female progenitor. Example sentencesExamples By ones, twos, and threes her descendants came to mourn over their progenitress. The women of any clan are the progenitresses, the foremothers who should be honored along with the sires. The book of Ruth embraces the foreign wife, Ruth the Moabitess, and gives her the honorific role of progenitress in King David's lineage. We think there may have been a single progenitress - a single parasite. She was a worthy progenitress of a long line of most charming women novelists. Synonyms female parent, materfamilias, matriarch
随便看	scare/frighten the life out of scare/frighten the living daylights out of scare/frighten to death scaremonger scaremongering scaremongering scare off scare (or bore etc.) the pants off someone scare (or bore etc.) the pants off someone scare quotes scarer scarer scarers scares scare shitless scare someone (half) to death scare someone out of their wits scare something up scare something up scare sth up scare stiff scare stories scare story scare tactic scare the bejesus out of