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fornicatress

fornicatress noun: a female fornicator; a fornicatrix.

Noun

fornicatress (plural fornicatresses)

  1. (obsolete) A female fornicator; a fornicatrix.
    • Well: let her be admitted, / See you the Fornicatreſſe be remou’d, / Let her haue needfull, but not lauiſh, meanes, / There ſhall be order for't.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • Joshua, the High-Priest, who, according to Justin, is said to have been clothed in filthy garments, because he had married a fornicatress1853, John Kaye, Some Account of the Writings and Opinions of Justin Martyr

Forms of fornicatress

pluralfornicatresses

Origin of fornicatress

Compare French fornicatrice, Latin fornicatrix.

Questions about fornicatress

What does fornicatress mean?
Fornicatress means a female fornicator; a fornicatrix.
What part of speech is fornicatress?
Fornicatress is a noun.
What is the plural of fornicatress?
The plural of fornicatress is fornicatresses.

Words near fornicatress in the dictionary

  1. fornicatoriums
  2. fornicators
  3. fornicatory
  4. fornicatour
  5. fornicatours
  6. fornicatress
  7. fornicatresses
  8. fornicatrices
  9. fornicatrix
  10. forniceal
  11. fornices

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