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lupanarian

lupanarian adjective: pertaining to a brothel or prostitution; characteristic of illicit sexual desire or activity.

Adjective

lupanarian (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a brothel or prostitution; characteristic of illicit sexual desire or activity.
    • Le Populaire told what at least was wrong with Saigon; a feature story headlined Saigon as "THE CHICAGO OF THE FAR EAST" and described it as complete with lupanarian dance halls and dens of vice and a Hotel Continental whose French boss had apparently just celebrated with a champagne dinner his...1950 July 1, Janet Flanner, “Letter from Paris”, in The New Yorker

Forms of lupanarian

alternative formlupinarian

Origin of lupanarian

From Latin lupanar ("brothel"), from lupa ("prostitute"; literally "she-wolf"), from lupus ("wolf").

Questions about lupanarian

What does lupanarian mean?
Lupanarian means pertaining to a brothel or prostitution; characteristic of illicit sexual desire or activity.
What part of speech is lupanarian?
Lupanarian is an adjective.

Words near lupanarian in the dictionary

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

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