单词 | putanism |
释义 | putanismn. rare. Prostitution, harlotry. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] bordelc1300 prostitution1553 trugging1591 trade1592 putanism1672 street1750 Magdalenism1840 the life1858 profession1888 social evil1901 hustling1924 game1926 sex trade1931 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd (ed. 2) 102 You have travelled so far in Italy, that you could not escape the Titles of some Books which would have served your turn as well, Cardinalism, Nepotism, Putanism, if you were in a paroxism of -isms. 1676 tr. H. C. Agrippa Vanity Arts & Sci. lxiv. 210 Such Patrons has the Craft of Pandarism, who with no less power defend the mysteries of Putanism [L. artem meretriciam]. 1922 P. Nielsen Black Man's Place in S. Afr. 57 Immorality is rife amongst Natives,..but neither can putanism amongst the whites be denied. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1672 |
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