whorehouse
English
Alternative forms
- whore-house
Etymology
From Middle English horehous, equivalent to whore + house. Cognate with Dutch hoerenhuis (“whorehouse”), German Hurenhaus (“whorehouse”), Danish horehus (“whorehouse”), Swedish horhus (“whorehouse”), Icelandic hóruhús (“whorehouse; brothel”).
Noun
whorehouse (plural whorehouses)
- (vulgar) Brothel.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:brothel
Hypernyms
- house