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whoredom

UK/ˈhɔːdəm//ˈhɔɚdəm/

whoredom noun: the state of being a whore, prostitution; sexual indulgence, fornication.

Noun

whoredom (usually uncountable, plural whoredoms)

  1. (usually) The state of being a whore, prostitution; sexual indulgence, fornication.
    • And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 38:24
    • Mother[…]considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and...1921, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    harlotry

whoredom meaning in Urdu and Telugu

whoredom in Urdu

فاحشگی, فجور, زانویہ پن

whoredom in Telugu

whoredom
లంజరికము lañjarikamu

Examples of whoredom in a sentence

  • Force not your slave-girls to whoredom that ye may seek enjoyment of the life of the world, if they would preserve their chastity.1930, Pickthall, Marmaduke, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, translation of The Qur'an, surah 24, verse 33:
  • the most enthusiastic punishers of whoredom were often the most evangelical Protestants, who sought the ever-further purification of society (‘Puritans’, as they came to be called in England).2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 14:

Synonyms of whoredom

Forms of whoredom

pluralwhoredoms

Origin of whoredom

From Middle English horedom, hordom, from Old Norse hórdómr, ultimately corresponding to whore + -dom. Cognate with Swedish hordom (“whoredom”), Middle Dutch hoerdom (“whoredom”).

Questions about whoredom

What does whoredom mean?
Whoredom means the state of being a whore, prostitution; sexual indulgence, fornication.
What is whoredom in Urdu?
Whoredom in Urdu is فاحشگی, فجور, زانویہ پن. See Whoredom meaning in Urdu.
How do you use whoredom in a sentence?
Force not your slave-girls to whoredom that ye may seek enjoyment of the life of the world, if they would preserve their chastity.
What part of speech is whoredom?
Whoredom is a noun.
How do you pronounce whoredom?
Whoredom is pronounced /ˈhɔːdəm/ (UK).
What is the plural of whoredom?
The plural of whoredom is whoredoms.

Words near whoredom in the dictionary

  1. whored
  2. whored after
  3. whored around
  4. whored out
  5. whored up
  6. whoredom
  7. whoredoms
  8. whoreface
  9. whorefaces
  10. whorefucker
  11. whorefuckers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whoredom (page history and authors); whoredom (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); లంజరికము (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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