单词 | harloting |
释义 | harlotingn. Chiefly West African, esp. Nigerian English, in later use. 1. The activity of working as a harlot; prostitution; (also, esp. in early use) the action or practice of consorting with or engaging in sexual activity with harlots. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > womanizing or associating with loose women whore-playa1325 whoring1530 whore-huntinga1533 whoremonging1549 palliardy1568 queanry1568 queaning1569 harloting1575 wenching1590 whorism1598 coney-catching1616 whoremastery1618 woman palaver1803 molrowing1860 whorehopping1916 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > action or practice of being a prostitute strumpetry1435 strumperya1500 harloting1575 sacking1591 streetwalking1735 sex work1934 tomming1964 hoing1972 escorting1988 1575 W. Patten Cal. Script. f. 42 Scortatio, harlotting. 1595 N. Bownd Doctr. Sabbath ii. 283 There is almost no wickednes, which is not..committed vpon the Lords holy day, there is..drinking, filthy dauncing, harlotting, fighting, and quarrelling. 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 13 They that spend their youth in loitering, bezzling, and harlotting. 1860 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 30 July The intense and intolerable nuisance of harloting in that vicinity. 1882 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Daily Northwestern 11 Oct. Drink, harloting and speculation caused his downfall. 1913 T. W. Lawson High Cost Living 179 Mike's two girls..took to harloting. 1962 Parl. Deb. House of Representatives Nigeria I. 558/2 The Government should discourage harloting..and all such illegal and impure ways of engaging the female sex. 2006 in H. I. Tijani Nigeria's Urban Hist. vii. 103 They will send these so-called wives to the Gold Coast and other places for harloting and thus increases the population of harlots. 2. In extended use: the conducting of illicit or otherwise inappropriate relations or dealings with someone, esp. a political opponent. Now rare.In early use chiefly in U.S. political contexts. ΚΠ 1857 National Era (Washington) 25 June 102/5 The go-between sort of men, who seek to maintain intimate relations with both parties. We will not longer tolerate their harloting. 1887 Shelbyville (Indiana) Daily Democrat 18 Feb. He'd not go harloting..with Mugwumps, great or small; For his country and his party he would be all-in-all! 1898 Salt Lake Tribune 29 Dec. 7/3 Some Republicans object to any harlotting whatever with Populists. 2000 P. Akinyanju in S. Jegede et al. Path to People's Constit. 74 Intra and inter-party struggles resulting in rigged elections, political harlotting, political victimization, corruption and disrespect for the rule of law. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). harlotingadj. rare. That behaves like a harlot; that consorts with or engages in sexual activity with harlots.Often merely as an intensifier of a cognate noun. ΚΠ 1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife v. 99 O thou Harloting Harlotry, hast thou don't then? 1695 T. Tomkinson Muggletonians Princ. Prevailing xv. 73 All Harloting and Blaspheming Priests. 2012 @esther15f 27 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 2 Sept. 2019) U r such a harloting prostituting whore! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1575adj.1675 |
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