- harlotry
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noun
(plural -ries)
Date: 14th century
1. sexual profligacy ; prostitution
2. an unprincipled or immoral woman <he sups tonight with a harlotry — Shakespeare>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
harlotry
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Harlotry — Har lot*ry ( r[y^]), n. 1. Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. Anything meretricious; as, harlotry … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
harlotry — late 14c., loose, crude, or obscene behavior; sexual immorality; ribald talk or jesting, from HARLOT (Cf. harlot) + RY (Cf. ry) … Etymology dictionary
harlotry — [här′lə trē] n. 1. prostitution 2. prostitutes collectively … English World dictionary
harlotry — harlot ► NOUN archaic ▪ a prostitute or promiscuous woman. DERIVATIVES harlotry noun. ORIGIN Old French, young man, knave … English terms dictionary
harlotry — /hahr leuh tree/, n. prostitution. [1275 1325; ME harlotrie. See HARLOT, RY] * * * … Universalium
harlotry — noun The trade of a harlot; prostitution … Wiktionary
harlotry — har·lot·ry || hÉ‘rlÉ™trɪ / hÉ‘Ël n. prostitution … English contemporary dictionary
harlotry — n prostitution, whoredom, streetwalking, Mrs. Warren s profession, the oldest profession; whoremongering, whoremastery, pimping, pandering, procuring, hustling … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
harlotry — har·lot·ry … English syllables
harlotry — har•lot•ry [[t]ˈhɑr lə tri[/t]] n. prostitution • Etymology: 1275–1325 … From formal English to slang
