† meretricadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= meretricious adj. 1.
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meretric1545
brothelly1608
strumpetly1615
meretricious1626
meretricial1642
meretriciana1704
1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (xii.) f. 215v Thei thinke it impossible to be any knauerye or errours in so holy fathers with their meretrik mother.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.1545- st thomas' balsam
- st thomas' coin
- st thomas' tree
- st thomas's crown
- st trinians
- st valentine's day
- st valentine's eve
- st vitus's dance
- st vitus's fit
- st vitus's jig
- st-maure
- staatsoper
- stab
- stab a etc in the back
- stab a person in
- stab a person in the back
- stab and rice
- stab and stow
- stab cannon
- stab in
- stab in the back
- stab screw
- stab stroke
- stab to at the heart
- stab to into the heart