HARLOTRY

prostitution, harlotry, whoredom

(noun) offering sexual intercourse for pay

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

harlotry (countable and uncountable, plural harlotries)

The trade of a harlot; prostitution.

Source: Wiktionary


Har"lot*ry, n.

1. Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Chaucer.

2. The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness. Dryden.

3. Anything meretricious; as, harlotry in art.

4. A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage. [Obs.] He sups to-night with a harlotry. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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