whorely

whorely

English

Etymology

From whore +‎ -ly.

Adjective

whorely (comparative more whorely, superlative most whorely)

1. (rare) Of, pertaining to, or befitting a whore; whorelike; whoreish.
   • 2013, Martha Vicinus, Suffer and Be Still: Women in the Victorian Age - Page 168:

     […] the family spawned two kinds of women, the womanly woman and her negation, the whorely whore: the pure and the impure.

   • 2013, Daniel Arasse, Take a Closer Look - Page 81:

     So, since she had thrown away all her whorely jewels, she turned the umbilical cord into a necklace and wore it around her alabaster neck.

Anagrams

• Whorley