harlotry
1Harlotry — 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 …
2harlotry — late 14c., loose, crude, or obscene behavior; sexual immorality; ribald talk or jesting, from HARLOT (Cf. harlot) + RY (Cf. ry) …
3harlotry — [här′lə trē] n. 1. prostitution 2. prostitutes collectively …
4harlotry — noun (plural ries) Date: 14th century 1. sexual profligacy ; prostitution 2. an unprincipled or immoral woman < he sups tonight with a harlotry Shakespeare > …
5harlotry — harlot ► NOUN archaic ▪ a prostitute or promiscuous woman. DERIVATIVES harlotry noun. ORIGIN Old French, young man, knave …
6harlotry — /hahr leuh tree/, n. prostitution. [1275 1325; ME harlotrie. See HARLOT, RY] * * * …
7harlotry — noun The trade of a harlot; prostitution …
8harlotry — har·lot·ry || hÉ‘rlÉ™trɪ / hÉ‘Ël n. prostitution …
9harlotry — n prostitution, whoredom, streetwalking, Mrs. Warren s profession, the oldest profession; whoremongering, whoremastery, pimping, pandering, procuring, hustling …
10harlotry — har·lot·ry …
