meretricio
Italian
Noun
meretricio m (plural meretrici)
- prostitution, sluthood, slutdom, slutness
- Synonym: prostituzione
Related terms
- meretrice
Latin
Adjective
meretrīciō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of meretrīcius
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin meretrīcius (“meretricious”), from meretrīx (“harlot, prostitute”), from mereō (“earn, deserve, merit”).
Adjective
meretricio (feminine meretricia, masculine plural meretricios, feminine plural meretricias)
- meretricious (pertaining to prostitutes)
Noun
meretricio m (plural meretricios)
- prostitution
Further reading
- “meretricio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014