harlotry

harlotry

English

Etymology

harlot +‎ -ry

Noun

harlotry (countable and uncountable, plural harlotries)

1. The trade of a harlot; prostitution.
   • 1890, William Booth, In Darkest England and the Way Out‎:

     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.

   • 1971, New American Standard Bible, Hosea 4:11:

     Harlotry, wine, and new wine take away the understanding.

   • 1982, New King James Version, Hosea 4:11:

     Harlotry, wine, and new wine enslave the heart.

Translations

trade of a harlot; prostitution.

Bulgarian: блудство (bg) n (bludstvo), проституиране n (prostituirane) Dutch: hoererij (nl), prostitutie (nl) Finnish: haureus (fi), huoruus (fi) French: prostitution (fr) f, putasserie (fr) f Plautdietsch: Huararie f