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adulterous, a.|əˈdʌltərəs|
Also 5–6 advoutrous, 6 advout-, advoulterous.
[f. adulter + -ous, after anal. of words ad. Fr. or L. in -ous.]
1. Pertaining to, or characterized by the practice of adultery.
1470–85Malory Morte Arthur (1634) I. 197 Knights that be advoutrous or lecherous, shall not be happy nor fortunate in the wars. 1526Tindale Matt. xii. 39 The evyll and advoutrous generacion seketh a signe [Cranm., Genev., Rhem. aduouterous, 1611 adulterous.] 1535Coverdale Hosea iii. 1 Go yet thy waye & wowe an aduouterous woman. 1549Olde tr. Erasm. on Ephes. Prol. II. 105 Blasphemous swearyng; advouterous lyving. 1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iii. vi. 94 Th' adulterous Anthony, most large in his abhominations. 1667Milton P.L. iv. 753 By thee [wedded love] adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range. 1814Southey Roderick xx. Wks. IX. 179 Efface the shame Of their adulterous birth. 1841Emerson Meth. Nat. (1875) II. 233 It is the office..of this age to annul that adulterous divorce. Mod. The offspring of this adulterous union.
†2. Born in adultery, adulterine. Obs.
a1593Marlowe Dido iii. ii. 828 Lustful Jove and his adulterous child. 1607Topsell Serpents (1653) 807 They were adulterous, and the children of strangers.
3. Pertaining to, or characterized by, adulteration; spurious, counterfeit, adulterate. arch.
1567J. Maplet Greene Forest 21 All adulterous and counterfayted Mettals it doth betray. 1586J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 238, I meane not only that they be vnperfect, but also adulterous and dishonorable. 1635F. White Treat. Sabbath Ep. Ded. 20 We haue justly rejected all counterfeit and adulterous Traditions. 1743Lond. & Country Brewer (ed. 2) ii. 127 There are Thousands in the Nation..that are guilty of this adulterous Part of Brewing. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. 806 An adulterous mixture, brewed up of nauseous ingredients. 1808Wilford Sacr. Isles in Asiat. Res. VIII. 252 He took out one or two leaves and substituted others with an adulterous legend. |