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whoresome

whoresome adjective: marked by whores, whorishness, or whoredom; characteristically whorelike.

Adjective

whoresome (comparative more whoresome, superlative most whoresome)

  1. Marked by whores, whorishness, or whoredom; characteristically whorelike
    • [...] I had forgotten about Pepito with all that flesh around — and shouted for somebody called Mireya, a name which has remained in my ears as very whoresome.2005, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Suzanne Jill Levine, Infante's Inferno
    • [...] of the welcome and preparation in the Name of Our Lady of the Night most gracious, to pure lewd and whoresome Lady BABALON.2005, John Carter, Sex and Rockets

Examples of whoresome in a sentence

  • “Eves, on the scale from wholesome to whoresome, you're practically Amish.” I glared.2013, Kresley Cole, Poison Princess:
  • “Now,” he cried, “what does it feel like to know you're the son of this whoresome monk and the village harlot?” I watched Bruno's face.2013, Philippa Carr, The Miracle at St. Bruno's:
  • No more slaves, piles and ponds of horse- (and corpses of those worked to death) . . .nor even forced-windshield-washings . . . and Times Square, once whoresome, is not wholly wholesome!!2013?, Appleton Schneider, Blog Jam

Forms of whoresome

comparativemore whoresome
superlativemost whoresome

Origin of whoresome

From whore + -some.

Questions about whoresome

What does whoresome mean?
Whoresome means marked by whores, whorishness, or whoredom; characteristically whorelike.
How do you use whoresome in a sentence?
“Eves, on the scale from wholesome to whoresome, you're practically Amish.” I glared.
What part of speech is whoresome?
Whoresome is an adjective.

Words near whoresome in the dictionary

  1. whores out
  2. whores up
  3. whoreship
  4. whoreshit
  5. whoreshits
  6. whoresome
  7. whoreson
  8. whoresons
  9. whorey
  10. whorf
  11. Whorfian

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