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Athanasian wench

Athanasian wench noun: a sexually promiscuous or loose woman, willing to have sexual intercourse with anybody.

Noun

Athanasian wench (plural Athanasian wenches)

  1. (archaic, slang) A sexually promiscuous or loose woman, willing to have sexual intercourse with anybody.
    • Of course I couldn't stop myself
      — for I was an Athanasian wench
      who said Quicunque vult and Amen to everything —
      stop myself from thinking
      What an ugly cock this Fridolin
      must have, some primitive weapon, an iguana-headed […]
      crude killing thing, a bulldog's kisser
      at the end of a pick handle.ca 1980, Peter Klappert, Satan Who Is Most Noisy When He Whispers, published in Idiot Princess of the Last Dynasty. New York: Knopf in 1984 →ISBN
    • Villon gently cooled her impatience. "Hush, hush, my girl! There are many kinds of love, as you ought to know well enough. I am a rogue and a vagabond, no less, and so sometimes I love you and other such Athanasian wenches; Isabeau there and Jehanneton."1901, Justin Huntly McCarthy, If I were king, page 35
    Synonyms:
    Quicumque vult

Synonyms of Athanasian wench

Forms of Athanasian wench

pluralAthanasian wenches

Origin of Athanasian wench

The first words of the Athanasian Creed are, in Latin, "Quicunque vult (salvus esse...)", "whoever wants to (be saved...)".

Questions about Athanasian wench

What does Athanasian wench mean?
Athanasian wench means a sexually promiscuous or loose woman, willing to have sexual intercourse with anybody.
What part of speech is Athanasian wench?
Athanasian wench is a noun.
What is the plural of Athanasian wench?
The plural of Athanasian wench is Athanasian wenches.

Words near Athanasian wench in the dictionary

  1. Athanaselises
  2. Athanasellis
  3. Athanasellises
  4. athanasia
  5. Athanasian
  6. Athanasian wench
  7. Athanasian wenches
  8. Athanasianism
  9. Athanasianist
  10. Athanasianists
  11. Athanasios

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