provocatrix

Borrowed from Late Latin provocatrix, from provoco +‎ -trix.

provocatrix (plural provocatrices)

1. A female provocator.
   • 2012 November 2, Orr, Christopher, “'Wreck-It Ralph' Aims for Pixar ... and Misses”, in The Atlantic‎:

     Rounding out the primary characters is professional provocatrix Sarah Silverman, who voices Vanellope von Schweetz […].

   • 2013 June 1, Friedman, Vanessa, “Lunch with the FT: Franca Sozzani”, in 'Financial Times'‎:

     In the Condé Nast universe, […] former French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld was the provocatrix; but Sozzani has become the activist – though you’d never know it to look at her.

   • 2015 July 30, Scheinman, Ted, “Why does Camille Paglia love Donald Trump?”, in 'Pacific Standard'‎:

     The famously contrarian feminist scholar and provocatrix is gracing her longtime employer, Salon, with a three-part interview this week.

From provoco +‎ -trix.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proː.woˈkaː.triːks/

prōvocātrīx f (genitive prōvocātrīcis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) challenger; temptress

Third declension.

• prōvocātor

• → English: provocatrix

• provocatrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• provocatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette