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prostibulous

prostibulous adjective: of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution; meretricious.

Adjective

prostibulous (comparative more prostibulous, superlative most prostibulous)

  1. (obsolete) Of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution; meretricious.
    • that prostibulous church of antichrist1545, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches

Forms of prostibulous

comparativemore prostibulous
superlativemost prostibulous

Origin of prostibulous

Latin prostibulum (“prostitute”), + -ous.

Questions about prostibulous

What does prostibulous mean?
Prostibulous means of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution; meretricious.
What part of speech is prostibulous?
Prostibulous is an adjective.

Words near prostibulous in the dictionary

  1. prosti-tots
  2. prostibot
  3. prostibots
  4. prostibule
  5. prostibules
  6. prostibulous
  7. prostie
  8. prosties
  9. prostigmatic
  10. prostigmatid
  11. prostigmatids

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