Sekirov Dictionary

harlot

UK /ˈhɑːlət/US /ˈhɑɹlət/

noun 3
adjective 1
verb 1
forms 7

noun3

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(offensive, old-fashioned) A female prostitute.
- This day (great Duke) she shut the doores vpon me, / While she with Harlots feasted in my housse. — 1594
(offensive) A female who is considered promiscuous.
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(no longer used) A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth, especially one given to low conduct.
- By suche ydle and wicked harlottes the enheritaunce of Christe is troden vnder fote. — 1544

adjective1

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(disapproving) Wanton; lewd; low; base.
- The intellection in it, kiddo—the intellection.... That most harlot of harlots... talking of me, laughing at me... I'll kill her.... — 1943

verb1

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(disapproving) To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.
- […] they that spend their youth in loitering, bezzling, and harlotting, their studies in unprofitable questions, and barbarous sophistry — 1614

forms

harloted · harlotted · harloting · harlotting · harlots · more harlot · most harlot

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