adulteress en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From adulter (noun) + -ess. In later use typically apprehended as the female equivalent corresponding to adulterer instead.
Meanings
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A female adulterer, a married woman or wife who commits adultery.
And the righteous men, they shall iudge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their handes.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 23:45:Do you know what he’s going to endure if he marries a woman the whole community thinks is an adulteress?
2021 [2001], John Eldredge, chapter 10, in Wild at Heart, Expanded edition, Nelson Books, →ISBN, page 170:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| adulteresses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| adultress | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (38)
pl cudzołożnica (woman or girl who commits adultery) · eo adultulino (woman or girl who commits adultery) · grc μοιχοτύπη (woman or girl who commits adultery) · fi avionrikkoja (woman or girl who commits adultery) · gd ban-adhaltraiche (woman or girl who commits adultery) · sv äktenskapsbryterska (woman or girl who commits adultery) · sh брако̀ломка (woman or girl who commits adultery) · it adultera (woman or girl who commits adultery) · pt adúltera (woman or girl who commits adultery) · ar زَانِيَة (woman or girl who commits adultery) · yi נואפֿטע (woman or girl who commits adultery) · sh пре́љубница (woman or girl who commits adultery) · nl echtbreekster (woman or girl who commits adultery) · ga banadhaltrach (woman or girl who commits adultery) · ml വ്യഭിചാരിണി (woman or girl who commits adultery) · uk перелю́бниця (woman or girl who commits adultery) · hi स्वैरिणी (woman or girl who commits adultery) · bg прелюбоде́йка (woman or girl who commits adultery) · nb ekteskapsbryterske (woman or girl who commits adultery) · be пралюбадзе́йка (woman or girl who commits adultery) · de Ehebrecherin (woman or girl who commits adultery) · uk перелю́бка (woman or girl who commits adultery) · cs cizoložnice (woman or girl who commits adultery) · la adultera (woman or girl who commits adultery) · ro adulteră (woman or girl who commits adultery) · sk cudzoložnica (woman or girl who commits adultery) · es adúltera (woman or girl who commits adultery) · el μοιχαλίδα (woman or girl who commits adultery) · sh préljubnica (woman or girl who commits adultery) · be пералю́бніца (woman or girl who commits adultery) · hi वेश्या (woman or girl who commits adultery) · ka მრუში (woman or girl who commits adultery) · mk прељубница (woman or girl who commits adultery) · fr adultère (woman or girl who commits adultery) · sl prešuštnica (woman or girl who commits adultery) · sh brakòlomka (woman or girl who commits adultery) · nl overspelige (woman or girl who commits adultery) · ru прелюбоде́йка (woman or girl who commits adultery)