† meretricialadj.

Forms: 1600s meritriciall, 1700s meretricial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin meretrīcius , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin meretrīcius (see meretricious adj.) + -al suffix¹. Compare Middle French meretricial (16th cent.), post-classical Latin meretricialis (second half of the 12th cent. in a British source). Compare earlier meretric adj., meretricious adj.

Obsolete. rare.

= meretricious adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [adjective] > relating to or of nature of prostitute > characteristic of or befitting

meretric1545

brothelly1608

strumpetly1615

meretricious1626

meretricial1642

meretriciana1704

1642 G. Torriano Sel. Ital. Prov. 9 Meaning that it [sc. love] is not bought nor sold, meant of true love, but not meritriciall love.

1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III 335 He saw them..standing before a public Stew, in meretricial Habits.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	meretricial
释义	† meretricialadj. Forms: 1600s meritriciall, 1700s meretricial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin meretrīcius , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin meretrīcius (see meretricious adj.) + -al suffix¹. Compare Middle French meretricial (16th cent.), post-classical Latin meretricialis (second half of the 12th cent. in a British source). Compare earlier meretric adj., meretricious adj. Obsolete. rare. = meretricious adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [adjective] > relating to or of nature of prostitute > characteristic of or befitting meretric1545 brothelly1608 strumpetly1615 meretricious1626 meretricial1642 meretriciana1704 1642 G. Torriano Sel. Ital. Prov. 9 Meaning that it [sc. love] is not bought nor sold, meant of true love, but not meritriciall love. 1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III 335 He saw them..standing before a public Stew, in meretricial Habits. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1642
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