putage
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French putage.
Noun
putage (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Prostitution or fornication by a woman.
Synonyms
- putery
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for putage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Old French
Alternative forms
- putaige
Etymology
pute + -age.
Noun
putage m (oblique plural putages, nominative singular putages, nominative plural putage)
- debauchery (immoral sexual behavior)