单词 | putery |
释义 | † puteryn. Obsolete. Usually with reference to women: adultery; promiscuity; prostitution. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman puteryc1390 putage1480 whorishness1543 light-skirtedness1607 sluttiness1972 c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 886 What seye we eek of putours that lyuen by the horrible synne of putrie [v.r. puytrye], and constreyne wommen to yelden to hem a certeyn rente of hire bodily puterie, ye, somtyme of his owene wyf or his child, as doon thise bawdes? ?c1430 (c1383) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 10 (MED) Þes pharisees geten hem moo holderis vp for here putrie þan for here trewe prechyng or holy lyf. a1450 York Plays (1885) 194 We haue hir tane with putry playne. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) cxviii. 157 In puterye and in synne mortalle or dedely he [sc. the devil] hath grete power. ?a1500 (a1475) Wright's Chaste Wife (1869) l. 61 Haue here thys garlond of roses..And yf thy wyfe vse putry, Or tolle eny man to lye her by, Than wolle yt change hewe. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) v. 4403 A comowne woman in pwtry, [Nero a1500 (c1425) putry, Wemyss a1550 (c1425) poytry] That lyvyd in Rome than lustely. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1390 |
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