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单词 harlotry
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harlotryn.adj.

Brit. /ˈhɑːlətri/, U.S. /ˈhɑrlətri/
Forms: see harlot n. and -ry suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: harlot n., -ry suffix.
Etymology: < harlot n. + -ry suffix.
A. n.
1. Coarse or indecent language or behaviour; crude jesting; ribaldry; obscenity. Also in weaker sense: frivolous entertainment or behaviour, buffoonery. Chiefly Scottish in later use. Obsolete.archaic in quot. 1809.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun] > in conduct
harlotryc1384
May game1571
scogginism1593
buffianism1596
delirium1599
fooling1602
scoggery1602
buffoonism1611
nonsense1612
scurrility1614
buffoonery1621
buffooninga1672
buffoon1780
pantomime1781
zanyism1823
harlequinade1828
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > low jesting or buffoonery
harlotryc1384
scogginism1593
scoggery1602
harlequinade1828
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > lewdness, bawdiness, or obscenity
filthOE
harlotryc1384
filthiness?1504
brothelry?1526
lewdness1578
obscenity1589
obscenousness1591
spurcity1608
obscenenessa1637
bawdiness1731
priapism1758
nast1789
hircosity1873
raunch1957
raunchiness1962
sluttiness1972
slackness1980
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Eph. v. 4 Ether filthe, or foly speche, or harlotrie [a1425 L.V. harlatrye; 1526 Tyndale gestinge; 1582 Rheims scurrilitie], that perteyneth not to thing.
c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 130 Corteis knihthod and clergye..Are nou so Rooted in Ribaudye Þat oþur merþes lust hem not make... We loue so slouþe and harlotrie, We slepe as swolle swyn in lake.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 27623 Of pride be-comis..manikin vnnaite oþer þing als sange of harlotery & lesing.
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 134 Þe v. inche is harlotrie, makyng iapys a-forn folk, in pleying at þe spore, at þe bene, at þe cat.
1518 W. Neville Castell of Pleasure sig. A.ii The dyce and cardes,..Tables, cayles, and balles, they be now set a sale Men lete theyr chyldren vse all suche harlotry That byenge of bokes they vtterly deny.
1565 Compend. Bk. Godly Psalmes (title page) Spirituall sangis..cheangit. out of vaine sangis in Godlie sangis for tyll auode syn and harlatrye.
a1586 R. Maitland in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 45 Yi persone gyde ay honestlie And hant na kynd of harlatrie ffra syn abstene.
1809 W. Scott Let. 10 Sept. (1932) II. 236 To reprint..the only original Caxton..with all the superstition and harlotrie which the castrator..chose to omit.
2.
a. The action or practice of consorting with or engaging in sexual activity with harlots; the activity of working as a harlot; prostitution. Sometimes more generally: illicit sexual activity; licentiousness. Also: an act or instance of this.Now generally considered old-fashioned and chiefly used self-consciously for stylistic effect.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > illicit
whoredomOE
harlotrya1387
brothelry?1526
chambering1526
bitchery1533
buttock banqueting1555
bitching1675
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 37 (MED) Þis Comodus..ȝaf hym al to leccherie and harlottrie [L. obscenitati].
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiii. l. 354 Lechoures..of her harlotrye and horedome in her elde tellen.
1531 tr. E. Fox et al. Determinations Moste Famous Vniuersities iii. f. 46 Let nother harlottry, nor fornicacion, nor yet no maner of vnclennesse, be ones named amonge you, as it besemeth saintes.
1575 tr. T. Lever Treat. Right Way from Danger of Sinne (new ed.) vi. sig. E.v There is a greate difference betwixte the pure loue of honeste matrimonie, and the filthy loue of vile harlotrie.
1599 R. Pont Newe Treat. Right Reckoning of Yeares 103 Falsehood, oppression, murthers, harlottries, and all other such kinde of mischieuous dealing.
1660 T. Hall Funebria Floræ 21 Flora was a common-whore and one that got much mony by her harlotry.
1790 Harris's List Covent-Garden Ladies 75 She took such a disgust to promiscuous harlotry, that she resolved to accept of the first offer that was made to rescue her from prostitution.
1818 Hereford Jrnl. 7 Oct. Imagine an innocent girl..placed..within the range of this unbridled harlotry.
1879 Western Times (Exeter) 17 Feb. 2/3 The Mayor had sentenced Joan Luter, a bunting hussey, to be whipped publicly for her harlotries.
1944 Daily Mail 4 Apr. 2/6 Of all London this quarter is most notoriously surrendered to harlotry.
1969 R. Flynn In House of Lord 171 She had been faithful to Warren although he..publicly accused her of harlotry.
2002 Financial Times 16 Mar. FT Weekend section p. vii/2 His debut novel..chronicled..Sebastian Dangerfield in an odyssey of harlotry, boozing and general debauchery.
b. Chiefly derogatory. A sexually promiscuous woman; a harlot, a prostitute. Frequently (and in earliest use) as a general term of contempt or abuse for a woman. Obsolete.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman
queanOE
whorec1175
malkinc1275
wenchelc1300
ribalda1350
strumpeta1350
wench1362
filtha1375
parnelc1390
sinner14..
callet1415
slut?c1425
tickle-tailc1430
harlot?a1475
mignote1489
kittock?a1500
mulea1513
trulla1516
trully?1515
danta1529
miswoman1528
stewed whore1532
Tib1533
unchaghe1534
flag1535
Katy1535
jillet1541
yaud1545
housewife1546
trinkletc1550
whippet1550
Canace1551
filthy1553
Jezebel1558
kittyc1560
loonc1560
laced mutton1563
nymph1563
limmer1566
tomboy1566
Marian1567
mort1567
cockatrice1568
franion1571
blowze1573
rannell1573
rig1575
Kita1577
poplet1577
light-skirts1578
pucelle1578
harlotry1584
light o' lovea1586
driggle-draggle1588
wagtail1592
tub-tail1595
flirt-gill1597
minx1598
hilding1599
short-heels1599
bona-roba1600
flirt1600
Hiren1600
light-heels1602
roba1602
baggage1603
cousin1604
fricatrice1607
rumbelow1611
amorosa1615
jaya1616
open-taila1618
succubus1622
snaphancea1625
flap1631
buttered bun1638
puffkin1639
vizard1652
fallen woman1659
tomrigg1662
cunt1663
quaedama1670
jilt1672
crack1677
grass-girl1691
sporting girl1694
sportswoman1705
mobbed hood1707
brim1736
trollop1742
trub1746
demi-rep1749
gillyflower1757
lady of easy virtue1766
mot1773
chicken1782
gammerstang1788
buer1807
scarlet woman1816
blowen1819
fie-fie1820
shickster?1834
streel1842
charver1846
trolly1854
bad girl1855
amateur1862
anonyma1862
demi-virgin1864
pickup1871
chippy1885
wish-wife1886
tart1887
tartleta1890
flossy1893
fly girl1893
demi-mondaine1894
floozy1899
slattern1899
scrub1900
demi-vierge1908
cake1909
coozie1912
muff1914
tarty1918
yes-girl1920
radge1923
bike1945
puta1948
messer1951
cooze1955
jamette1965
skeezer1986
slutbag1987
chickenhead1988
ho1988
1584 G. Peele Araygnem. Paris iv. iii. sig. Dijv Vul. A harletrie I warrant her. Bac. a peeuish eluish shroe.
1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd ix. 112 Whither gadde you now, you mangy harlotry; you pockey slut?
1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant iii. i. 36 You are a company of proud Harlottries; I'll teach you to take place of Tradesmens Wives.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. iv. 24 I expect you will produce the little harlotry.
?1790 A. Macdonald Laura I. x. 165 I suppose..you intend to marry this same strumpet, this beggarly, tattered harlotry.
1816 Ld. Byron Let. 19 Dec. (2011) II. vi. 28 Berger amuses himself with making love to some Harlotry on the other side of the street, out of the hall window.
c. figurative. Any behaviour or action that is considered to be unfaithful, dishonourable, or unprincipled, esp. (in later use) that undertaken for personal gain or in pursuit of a particular goal. Also: unfaithfulness, inconstancy, or unscrupulousness as a quality. Often with preceding modifying adjective, as spiritual harlotry, political harlotry, etc.Earliest in religious contexts, esp. with reference to unfaithfulness to God or Christ.
ΚΠ
a1617 P. Baynes Helpe to True Happinesse (1618) iii. vi. 254 Let vs take knowledge of this our estate, and bewaile this spirituall harlotry in our nature.
1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 187 Such as have in their pride and disdain most forsaken the true Ministry, are come..from the harlotry of their wanton, and fine opinions, to consort with swine.
1682 J. Phillips News from Tory-land 2 To please the wanton Fancies, or Politick Ends of some sort of People with the Harlotry of his prostituted Pen.
1708 T. Simmons Serm. at Salters-Hall 10 The Jews..Committed their Spiritual Harlotry upon the Hills, and in the Fields.
1748 P. Hiffernan Refl. Struct. & Passions Man ii. 65 Men, we as undeservedly aquire, as unaccountably lose: This may be called the Harlotry of Friendship.
1865 Boston Daily Advertiser 3 Oct. We have now only an exhibition of political harlotry—a willingness to submit to anything to get into place.
1877 Kansas City Jrnl. 29 July A most miserable, shiftless, purposelessness, unprincipled harlotry, that disgusts even the mob.
1985 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 8 June The Tories..were so desperate to cling to power that they stole almost every policy of the two opposition parties. ‘I have never seen such philosophical harlotry,’ the Liberal Leader said.
2002 Independent (Nexis) 8 May 8 A trust had instructed a hospital to cancel operations the day before..to minimise same-day cancellation figures. He thought that typical of the Government's statistical harlotry.
d. figurative. Superficial or deceptive attractiveness; gaudy, specious show; meretriciousness. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > seeming > speciousness
fair showing1340
speciosity1608
harlotry1632
brow1659
speciousness1665
1632 P. Fletcher Joy in Tribulation xxxv. 337 Oh ravish my heart with thy beauty, and teach me to abhorre the painted harlotry of this sinfull world.
1660 J. Gauden Cromwell's Bloody Slaughter-house 38 Who..now lying in wait for our pretious Souls, dress their whorish Faces with the Harlotry and temptation of a New fashioned Representative.
1754 T. Scott tr. Table of Cebes 15 No Harlotry, no Paint, no gay Excess, But Beauty unaffected as their Dress.
1772 W. Mason Eng. Garden i. 28 The simple Farm eclips'd the Garden's pride, Ev'n as the virgin blush of innocence, The harlotry of Art.
1808 Ann. Rev. Hist. & Lit. 7 608/2 Simplicity possesses charms which it is not in the power of affectation, with all its harlotry of embellishment, to bestow.
1857 Evangelist (N.Y.) 9 July 217/2 The harlotry of their charms is conspicuous when you rub off the paint and rouge.
e. A brothel. Obsolete.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > brothel
houseOE
bordelc1300
whorehousec1330
stew1362
bordel housec1384
stewc1384
stivec1386
stew-house1436
bordelryc1450
brothel house1486
shop?1515
bains1541
common house1545
bawdy-house1552
hothouse1556
bordello1581
brothela1591
trugging house1591
trugging place1591
nunnery1593
vaulting-house1596
leaping house1598
Pickt-hatch1598
garden house1606
vaulting-school1606
flesh-shambles1608
whore-sty1621
bagnioa1640
public house1640
harlot-house1641
warrena1649
academy1650
call house1680
coney burrow1691
case1699
nanny-house1699
house of ill reputea1726
smuggling-ken1725
kip1766
Corinth1785
disorderly house1809
flash-house1816
dress house1823
nanny-shop1825
house of tolerance1842
whore shop1843
drum1846
introducing house1846
khazi1846
fast house1848
harlotry1849
maison de tolérance1852
knocking-shop1860
lupanar1864
assignation house1870
parlour house1871
hook shop1889
sporting house1894
meat house1896
massage parlour1906
case house1912
massage establishment1921
moll-shop1923
camp1925
notch house1926
creep joint1928
slaughterhouse1928
maison de convenance1930
cat-house1931
Bovril1936
maison close1939
joy-house1940
rib joint1940
gaff1947
maison de passe1960
rap parlour1973
1849 Lincoln, Rutland, & Stamford Mercury 27 Apr. Another brother's wife was indicted for keeping a harlotry in the Castle-dyke.
1898 Salt Lake Tribune 4 Mar. 4/1 The Commission could not eradicate prostitution, and..male habitues of harlotries should be arrested.
1920 Bunyip (Gawler, S. Austral.) 1 Oct. Harlotries have been flourishing under the semi-deceptive guise of the little..tobacco shop.
3. Waste matter, rubbish; muck, filth. Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun]
gorec725
horeeOE
filthOE
foulnessOE
dirta1300
gallc1400
ordurec1400
foulinga1425
harlotry1439
muck1440
noisance1473
horeness1495
vileness1495
naughtiness1533
vility1540
bawdiness1552
vildness1597
snottery1598
soilage1598
sordidity1600
soil?1605
sluttery1607
nastiness1611
bawdry1648
sords1653
crott1657
feculence1662
nast1789
clart1808
schmutz1838
crap1925
grunge1965
gunge1969
grot1971
spooge1987
1439–41 in J. A. Kingdon Arch. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1886) II. 261 Makyng clene the kechone place and brennyng the bonys and harlotri.
1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 374 No man caste donge or harlotry at the slipp, ner vpon the key.
1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. House Holde f. 60 They go aboute to clense the vynes from wydes and harlotry.
B. adj.
1. Worthless, contemptible, lowly (now rare). Also (and earliest) of language: †coarse, obscene (obsolete).Later only in harlotry player in conscious allusion to Shakespeare's use (see quot. 1598).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > [adjective]
theowlikec1175
wickc1175
wretcha1200
lechera1300
vilea1300
feeblea1325
brothely1330
caitiffa1400
roinousa1425
basec1450
harlotry1486
filthy1533
brockish1546
vild1568
tinkerly?1576
scabbed?1577
miscreant1593
unnoble1593
slavish1597
rascally1600
roguish1601
sordidous1602
facinoriousa1616
scullion1658
dirty1670
shabbed1674
shabby1679
scoundrel1681
scabby1712
verminating1720
small1824
low-down1865
verminiferous1895
ragtime1917
ribby1936
raunchy1937
scungy1966
1486 J. Mirk's Liber Festiuall (Rood & Hunte) sig. bvii/2 Ye may se what parell it is to speke idyll wordis and harlatry speche.
1573 G. Gascoigne tr. Ariosto Supposes ii. iv, in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 20 As though sixe mouthes and the cat for the seuenth, be not sufficiente to eate an harlotrie shotterell, a pennieworthe of chese.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 399 He doth it as like one of these harlotrie plaiers as euer I see.
c1604 Charlemagne (1938) ii. 31 Thys vertue is the scurvyest, harlottryest, vndoeing thynge that euer mixte with ryssing courtyers thoughte.
1625 T. James Manuduction Divinitie 71 These cousening Knaues..shewed you this and that for filthy lucres sake; some butcher or harlotry fellowes shares, instead of Beckets.
1704 I. Sharpe Plain Eng. made Plainer 4 This is Discourse more fit for Dog and Bitch Yard..than a Pulpit; this is Harlotry Rhetorick indeed.
1716 C. Johnson Cobler of Preston i. 17 He is the most harlotry knave alive!
1799 G. Chalmers Supplemental Apol. Believers in Shakspeare-papers ix. 177 He bustled through several parts of no great difficulty; but he seems to have never risen about the general level of the ‘Harlotry players’.
1836 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 13 Oct. Shakespeare was..picking up a scrambling subsistence, first as a groom-boy, and then as a ‘harlotry player’.
1944 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Oct. 487/2 Did Shakespeare..never write for ‘the Professors’, but always and exclusively for these harlotry players?
2. Of the nature of or characteristic of a harlot (harlot n. 2b); wanton, sexually promiscuous; impure, debased. Now rare.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [adjective] > promiscuous
harlotry1579
light o' love1589
trolloping1701
promiscuous1804
wutless1853
slutty1912
make-out1949
slack1951
swinging1964
bed-hopping1979
bonking1987
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [adjective] > unchaste or sexually compliant (of women) > relating to
harlot1574
harlotry1579
queanish1596
slutty1912
tarty1918
tartish1929
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 394 To haue lien with a young harlatry filth,..and then when he saw it was knowen, to goe and mary her.
1609 W. Whately Caveat for Couetous 7 Man is so taken vp in courting & wooing his harlotry mistresse, the world; the which hath taken him with her eyelids of gaine.
1643 O. Bowles Zeale for Gods House Quickned 10 The Church is Gods Spouse,..Reformers they strip her of all her harlotry attire, take off all her Iezabel-like paintings.
1670 J. Oxenbridge Quickening Word 17 When Christ is at the door, thou lyest a-bed, and that with thy unclean harlotry Lusts.
1701 E. Godwin Two Serm. ii. 34 For a Woman to marry a Man meerly for his Money or Worldly Estate, this is Harlotry Love and not that Conjugal Affection that ought to be between Man and Wife.
1817 Ld. Byron Let. 10 Apr. (1981) XI. 165 A parcel of rumours..about harlotry women—which were rife among the dirty English at Rome & Florence.
2007 Daily Mail (Nexis) 16 June 30 Perhaps not a slut, exactly, but she has certainly been showing tendencies of a harlotry nature.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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