meretrixn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛrᵻtrɪks/, U.S.

/ˈmɛrəˌtrɪks/

Inflections: Plural meretrices Brit.

/mɛrᵻˈtrʌɪsiːz/, U.S.

/ˌmɛrəˈtraɪsiz/.

Forms: Old English meretryx, Old English– meretrix, 1500s meritrix, 1600s merritrix.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin meretrīx.

Etymology: < classical Latin meretrīx < merēre to earn as pay, to earn money by prostitution (see merit n.) + -trīx -trix suffix.

Now literary.

A prostitute. Also figurative.In quot. OE² the glossator has misunderstood the Latin text, misidentifying Rahab (in form roab in the Latin text here), a name of Egypt, with Rahab, the name of a prostitute of Jericho (Joshua 2:1; the misidentification dates back at least as far as Cassiodorus).

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute

meretrixOE

whoreOE

soiled dovea1250

common womanc1330

putec1384

bordel womanc1405

putaina1425

brothelc1450

harlot?a1475

public womanc1510

naughty pack?1529

draba1533

cat1535

strange woman1535

stew1552

causey-paikera1555

putanie?1566

drivelling1570

twigger1573

punka1575

hackney1579

customer1583

commodity1591

streetwalker1591

traffic1591

trug1591

hackster1592

polecat1593

stale1593

mermaid1595

medlar1597

occupant1598

Paphian1598

Winchester goose1598

pagan1600

hell-moth1602

aunt1604

moll1604

prostitution1605

community1606

miss1606

night-worm1606

bat1607

croshabell1607

prostitute1607

pug1607

venturer1607

nag1608

curtal1611

jumbler1611

land-frigate1611

walk-street1611

doll-common1612

turn-up1612

barber's chaira1616

commonera1616

public commonera1616

trader1615

venturea1616

stewpot1616

tweak1617

carry-knave1623

prostibule1623

fling-dusta1625

mar-taila1625

night-shadea1625

waistcoateera1625

night trader1630

coolera1632

meretrician1631

painted ladya1637

treadle1638

buttock1641

night-walker1648

mob?1650

lady (also girl, etc.) of the game1651

lady of pleasure1652

trugmullion1654

fallen woman1659

girlc1662

high-flyer1663

fireship1665

quaedama1670

small girl1671

visor-mask1672

vizard-mask1672

bulker1673

marmalade-madam1674

town miss1675

town woman1675

lady of the night1677

mawks1677

fling-stink1679

Whetstone whore1684

man-leech1687

nocturnal1693

hack1699

strum1699

fille de joie1705

market-dame1706

screw1725

girl of (the) town1733

Cytherean1751

street girl1764

monnisher1765

lady of easy virtue1766

woman (also lady) of the town1766

kennel-nymph1771

chicken1782

stargazer1785

loose fish1809

receiver general1811

Cyprian1819

mollya1822

dolly-mop1834

hooker1845

charver1846

tail1846

horse-breaker1861

professional1862

flagger1865

cocodette1867

cocotte1867

queen's woman1871

common prostitute1875

joro1884

geisha1887

horizontal1888

flossy1893

moth1896

girl of the pavement1900

pross1902

prossie1902

pusher1902

split-arse mechanic1903

broad1914

shawl1922

bum1923

quiff1923

hustler1924

lady of the evening1924

prostie1926

working girl1928

prostisciutto1930

maggie1932

brass1934

brass nail1934

mud kicker1934

scupper1935

model1936

poule de luxe1937

pro1937

chromo1941

Tom1941

pan-pan1949

twopenny upright1958

scrubber1959

slack1959

yum-yum girl1960

Suzie Wong1962

mattress1964

jamette1965

ho1966

sex worker1971

pavement princess1976

parlour girl1979

crack whore1990

OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 8 Aug. 174 Se deoma Gaius..cwæð hire to: ‘Þu eart meretrix,’ ðæt is forlegoswif, ‘forðon þu eart [fr]æmde from þara Cristenra manna Gode.’

OE Arundel Psalter lxxxvi. 4 Memor ero roab et babilonis scientibus me : gemindig ic beo meretrix ic wæs & babilonis þam witendum me.

c1175 ( Homily: Hist. Holy Rood-tree (Bodl. 343) (1894) 28 Þider com in gangen hwilon an meretrix ant hire ðær onuppon set unmyndlingæ.

1549 H. Latimer 3rd Sermon in 2nd–7th Sermons Kynges Maiestie sig. Fiiii They were meritrices Hores although some..say they were but tiplers, such as kepe alehouses.

1564 J. Martiall Treat. Crosse f. 139 Yff she were blacke, browne, barren, or common to mo, as Meretrix is a common name to them all.

1589 R. Robinson Golden Mirrour sig. H3 The Meritrix, the furred foole doth vse, Spy thou and at her mates a litle while.

1607 B. Jonson Volpone i. ii. sig. B2^v From Pithagore, she went into a beautifull peece, Hight Aspasia, the Meretrix .

1654 Mercurius Fumigosus 30 Aug.–6 Sept. 130 Beware sweet Mistris Merritrix, How you do jeast with Butchers P—ks.

1708 E. Ward Mod. World Disrob'd i. 89 When the little draggle-tail'd Meretrix is shot forward into riper Years..she is employ'd..to cry Beef and Broth for some Boiling-Cook... The next Step of Advancement..is, to go to Market with her Mother.

a1898 A. Beardsley (title) The story of Venus and Tannhäuser, in which is set forth an exact account of the manner of state held by Madam Venus, Goddess and Meretrix, under the famous Hörselberg.

1986 J. Wain Dear Shadows 129 Aching Paris, Never resting Inexhaustible mother and ticking meretrix.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	meretrix
释义	meretrixn. Brit. /ˈmɛrᵻtrɪks/, U.S. /ˈmɛrəˌtrɪks/ Inflections: Plural meretrices Brit. /mɛrᵻˈtrʌɪsiːz/, U.S. /ˌmɛrəˈtraɪsiz/. Forms: Old English meretryx, Old English– meretrix, 1500s meritrix, 1600s merritrix. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin meretrīx. Etymology: < classical Latin meretrīx < merēre to earn as pay, to earn money by prostitution (see merit n.) + -trīx -trix suffix. Now literary. A prostitute. Also figurative.In quot. OE² the glossator has misunderstood the Latin text, misidentifying Rahab (in form roab in the Latin text here), a name of Egypt, with Rahab, the name of a prostitute of Jericho (Joshua 2:1; the misidentification dates back at least as far as Cassiodorus). ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute meretrixOE whoreOE soiled dovea1250 common womanc1330 putec1384 bordel womanc1405 putaina1425 brothelc1450 harlot?a1475 public womanc1510 naughty pack?1529 draba1533 cat1535 strange woman1535 stew1552 causey-paikera1555 putanie?1566 drivelling1570 twigger1573 punka1575 hackney1579 customer1583 commodity1591 streetwalker1591 traffic1591 trug1591 hackster1592 polecat1593 stale1593 mermaid1595 medlar1597 occupant1598 Paphian1598 Winchester goose1598 pagan1600 hell-moth1602 aunt1604 moll1604 prostitution1605 community1606 miss1606 night-worm1606 bat1607 croshabell1607 prostitute1607 pug1607 venturer1607 nag1608 curtal1611 jumbler1611 land-frigate1611 walk-street1611 doll-common1612 turn-up1612 barber's chaira1616 commonera1616 public commonera1616 trader1615 venturea1616 stewpot1616 tweak1617 carry-knave1623 prostibule1623 fling-dusta1625 mar-taila1625 night-shadea1625 waistcoateera1625 night trader1630 coolera1632 meretrician1631 painted ladya1637 treadle1638 buttock1641 night-walker1648 mob?1650 lady (also girl, etc.) of the game1651 lady of pleasure1652 trugmullion1654 fallen woman1659 girlc1662 high-flyer1663 fireship1665 quaedama1670 small girl1671 visor-mask1672 vizard-mask1672 bulker1673 marmalade-madam1674 town miss1675 town woman1675 lady of the night1677 mawks1677 fling-stink1679 Whetstone whore1684 man-leech1687 nocturnal1693 hack1699 strum1699 fille de joie1705 market-dame1706 screw1725 girl of (the) town1733 Cytherean1751 street girl1764 monnisher1765 lady of easy virtue1766 woman (also lady) of the town1766 kennel-nymph1771 chicken1782 stargazer1785 loose fish1809 receiver general1811 Cyprian1819 mollya1822 dolly-mop1834 hooker1845 charver1846 tail1846 horse-breaker1861 professional1862 flagger1865 cocodette1867 cocotte1867 queen's woman1871 common prostitute1875 joro1884 geisha1887 horizontal1888 flossy1893 moth1896 girl of the pavement1900 pross1902 prossie1902 pusher1902 split-arse mechanic1903 broad1914 shawl1922 bum1923 quiff1923 hustler1924 lady of the evening1924 prostie1926 working girl1928 prostisciutto1930 maggie1932 brass1934 brass nail1934 mud kicker1934 scupper1935 model1936 poule de luxe1937 pro1937 chromo1941 Tom1941 pan-pan1949 twopenny upright1958 scrubber1959 slack1959 yum-yum girl1960 Suzie Wong1962 mattress1964 jamette1965 ho1966 sex worker1971 pavement princess1976 parlour girl1979 crack whore1990 OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 8 Aug. 174 Se deoma Gaius..cwæð hire to: ‘Þu eart meretrix,’ ðæt is forlegoswif, ‘forðon þu eart [fr]æmde from þara Cristenra manna Gode.’ OE Arundel Psalter lxxxvi. 4 Memor ero roab et babilonis scientibus me : gemindig ic beo meretrix ic wæs & babilonis þam witendum me. c1175 ( Homily: Hist. Holy Rood-tree (Bodl. 343) (1894) 28 Þider com in gangen hwilon an meretrix ant hire ðær onuppon set unmyndlingæ. 1549 H. Latimer 3rd Sermon in 2nd–7th Sermons Kynges Maiestie sig. Fiiii They were meritrices Hores although some..say they were but tiplers, such as kepe alehouses. 1564 J. Martiall Treat. Crosse f. 139 Yff she were blacke, browne, barren, or common to mo, as Meretrix is a common name to them all. 1589 R. Robinson Golden Mirrour sig. H3 The Meritrix, the furred foole doth vse, Spy thou and at her mates a litle while. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone i. ii. sig. B2^v From Pithagore, she went into a beautifull peece, Hight Aspasia, the Meretrix . View more context for this quotation 1654 Mercurius Fumigosus 30 Aug.–6 Sept. 130 Beware sweet Mistris Merritrix, How you do jeast with Butchers P—ks. 1708 E. Ward Mod. World Disrob'd i. 89 When the little draggle-tail'd Meretrix is shot forward into riper Years..she is employ'd..to cry Beef and Broth for some Boiling-Cook... The next Step of Advancement..is, to go to Market with her Mother. a1898 A. Beardsley (title) The story of Venus and Tannhäuser, in which is set forth an exact account of the manner of state held by Madam Venus, Goddess and Meretrix, under the famous Hörselberg. 1986 J. Wain Dear Shadows 129 Aching Paris, Never resting Inexhaustible mother and ticking meretrix. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.OE
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