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lupanar

/luːˈpeɪnɑː/

lupanar noun: a brothel.

Noun

lupanar (plural lupanars)

  1. (archaic, formal) A brothel.
    • The steam of fetid vices / From a thousand lupanars, / Like smoke of sacrifices, / Reeked up to the heedless stars.1920, Aldous Huxley, “From the Pillar”, in Leda, New York: George H. Doran
    • A prostitute was not permitted to stand under a street lamp, and sisters were not allowed to work in the same lupanar.1942, Elliot Paul, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Sickle Moon, published 2001, page 33

Forms of lupanar

plurallupanars

Origin of lupanar

From Latin lupānar, from lupa (“prostitute”, literally “she-wolf”), from lupus (“wolf”).

Questions about lupanar

What does lupanar mean?
Lupanar means a brothel.
What part of speech is lupanar?
Lupanar is a noun.
How do you pronounce lupanar?
Lupanar is pronounced /luːˈpeɪnɑː/.
What is the plural of lupanar?
The plural of lupanar is lupanars.

Words near lupanar in the dictionary

  1. lup sup
  2. lup sup bar
  3. lup sup bars
  4. lup sup KTV
  5. Lupac
  6. lupanar
  7. lupanarian
  8. lupanars
  9. lupane
  10. lupanes
  11. lupanine

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