harlotized
harlotized is the simple past and past participle of harlotize.
Meaning of harlotize
Verb
harlotize (third-person singular simple present harlotizes, present participle harlotizing, simple past and past participle harlotized)
- To act like a harlot.
- It is no extraordinary paradox, That a man may himſelf debauch his own wife, and a woman harlotize with her own huſband.—But this ſubject muſt be touched with great nicety; therefore I ſhall only add, that even our moſt unobſerved behaviour ſhall carry with it ſuch a ſpirit of refinement, as to...1746, Benjamin Franklin, “Letter II”, in Reflections on Courtship and Marriage, section 4, London: A. Thompson, et al, page 39
- To turn into a harlot; to prostitute.
- […] Yeat too too forcible I feare to be forgot of some, / For slaunder set on foote, though false, is talkatiuely dome. / Malicious (for thy malice is thy matter all in all) / Is it to harlotize, thinkst thou, a Goddesse wrong too small, / But thou must forge it from the Earth, euen from the...1597, William Warner, Albion's England, book 6, chapter 30
- Synonyms:
- sell one's body, whore out, dog out, hustle, mack, pander, pimp, pimp out, ponce, prostitute
Questions about harlotized
- What is harlotized the simple past and past participle of?
- Harlotized is the simple past and past participle of harlotize.
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