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harlotry en · NOUN

Etymology

From harlot + -ry.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The trade of a harlot; prostitution.
    • Harlotry, wine, and new wine enslave the heart. 1982, New King James Version, Hosea 4:11
    • She fell in with bad companions, and became addicted to drink, going from bad to worse until drunkenness, robbery, and harlotry brought her to the lowest depths. 1890, William Booth, In Darkest England and the Way Out:
    • Harlotry, wine, and new wine take away the understanding. 1971, New American Standard Bible, Hosea 4:11

Forms

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harlotries Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (9)

fr prostitution (trade of a harlot; prostitution.) · fi huoruus (trade of a harlot; prostitution.) · nl hoererij (trade of a harlot; prostitution.) · bg проституиране (trade of a harlot; prostitution.) · pdt Huararie (trade of a harlot; prostitution.) · fi haureus (trade of a harlot; prostitution.) · nl prostitutie (trade of a harlot; prostitution.) · fr putasserie (trade of a harlot; prostitution.) · bg блудство (trade of a harlot; prostitution.)