- adulterer
- noun Date: 15th century a person who commits adultery; especially a man who commits adultery
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adultérer — [ adyltere ] v. tr. <conjug. : 6> • XVI e; « commettre un adultère » XIVe; lat. adulterare ♦ Vx Altérer, falsifier. Beauté de ce tissage « que rien ne vient adultérer » (A. Gide). ● adultérer verbe transitif (latin adulterare, corrompre)… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Adulterer — A*dul ter*er, n. [Formed fr. the verb adulter, with the E. ending er. See {Advoutrer}.] 1. A man who commits adultery; a married man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his wife. [1913 Webster] 2. (Script.) A man who violates his… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adulterer — ADULTERER. v. act. Terme de Pharmacie. Altérer, falsifier un remède. Il est de l intérét des malades qu on n adultère pas les médicamens … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
adulterer — (n.) early 15c., earlier avouter (c.1300), avoutrer (late 14c.), agent noun from obsolete verb adulter commit adultery; adulterate (late 14c.), from L. adulterare to corrupt (see ADULTERATION (Cf. adulteration)) … Etymology dictionary
adulterer — ► NOUN (fem. adulteress) ▪ a person who has committed adultery. ORIGIN from Latin adulterare debauch, corrupt … English terms dictionary
adulterer — [ə dul′tər ər] n. [altered, after L adulterare, from ME avowterer, avouter < OFr avoutre < avoutrer, to commit adultery < L adulterare: see ADULTERATE] a person (esp. a man) guilty of adultery … English World dictionary
adultérer — (a dul té ré. La syllabe te prend un accent aigu, quand la syllabe qui suit est sonnante ; et un accent grave, quand la syllabe qui suit est muette, excepté au futur et au conditionnel où l accent aigu reste) v. a. 1° Terme de pharmacie.… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
adulterer — UK [əˈdʌltərə(r)] / US [əˈdʌltərər] noun [countable] Word forms adulterer : singular adulterer plural adulterers old fashioned a married person who has sex with someone who is not their husband or wife … English dictionary
ADULTÉRER — v. tr. Gâter, falsifier ce qui est pur. Adultérer les médicaments. On dit plutôt aujourd’hui ALTÉRER … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)
adulterer — /euh dul teuhr euhr/, n. a person who commits adultery. [1350 1400; earlier adulter adulterer ( < L, back formation from adulterare to defile; see ADULTERATE) + ER1; r. ME avouter, avoutrer < OF < L] * * * … Universalium
adulterer — [[t]ədʌ̱ltərə(r)[/t]] adulterers N COUNT An adulterer is someone who commits adultery … English dictionary
