whoredom

Signification (Anglais)

The state of being a whore, prostitution; sexual indulgence, fornication.

Concepts

prostitution

putasserie

Synonymes

prostitution

harlotry

fornication

licentiousness

lust

white slavery

whoring

sluttery

whorishness

strumpetry

world’s oldest profession

brothelry

idolatry

lechery

lewdness

Traductions

πορνεία

όργιο

fahişelik

orospuluk

prostitució

prostituzione

meretricio

prostitutie

prostituição

prostitución

fuhuş

prostitucion

alterne

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhɔːdəm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: horedom

Appartenant à suédois: hordom

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: hoerdom

In summary

From Middle English horedom, hordom, from Old Norse hórdómr, ultimately corresponding to whore + -dom. Cognate with Swedish hordom (“whoredom”), Middle Dutch hoerdom (“whoredom”).