单词 | harlotize |
释义 | harlotizev. Somewhat rare. transitive. To declare to be or characterize as a harlot; to make a harlot of (someone, typically a woman); to reduce to the condition of a harlot. Also in extended use: to corrupt the moral character or purity of (something); to debase. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > detract from [verb (transitive)] > bring discredit on or bring into disrepute > a woman harlotize1589 strumpet1609 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > deprive of chastity [verb (transitive)] > a woman > bring to condition of whore forwhorec1175 harlotize1589 whore1604 strumpet1608 prostitute1658 bejade?1706 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxx. 133 Malicious..is it to harlotize, thinkst thou, a Goddesse wrong too small. 1690 J. Malone Abhorrence (single sheet) Who can imagine that Bishops, Noblemen, &c. would ever Harlotize that Sacred Character of Nobilitas est sola atque unica Virtus! 1865 J. J. Jarves Art-idea (ed. 2) x. 129 The supremacy [Palatial architecture]..attained..was almost fatal to religious architecture, which it completely harlotized, and turned into a magazine of stolen goods. 1961 Wiener Libr. Bull. 13/3 Later issues cited the forged ‘Protocols of Zion’ as evidence that Jews meant to ‘deliberately harlotize German women’. 2003 Time 11 Aug. 52/1 Mary Magdalene... How a woman of substance was ‘harlotized’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1589 |
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