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brotheln.  Brit.  /ˈbrɒθl/, U.S. /ˈbrɔθ(ə)l/, /ˈbrɑθ(ə)l/, /ˈbrɔð(ə)l/, /ˈbrɑð(ə)l/Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English broþen , -le suffix 1. Etymology: < broþ- (in broþen (adjective) degenerate, good-for-nothing < broþen , past participle of brethe v.) + -le suffix 1. Compare brethel n. and brathel n.The original sense ‘worthless or contemptible person’ (compare sense 1) was extended to ‘prostitute’ (compare sense 2a) probably partly under the influence of the etymologically unrelated bordel n. (compare sense 3a at that entry, and also the corresponding sense of its French etymon). In sense 3 probably originally short for brothel house n. society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worthlessness > good-for-nothing person c1390 (a1376) W. Langland (Vernon) (1867) A. xi. l. 61 For nou is vche Boye Bold Broþel an [perhaps read and] oþer, To talken of þe Trinite, to beon holden A syre. a1500 Lytylle Childrenes Lytil Bk. (Harl. 541) in (2002) i. 18 Fylle not thy mouth as done brothellis. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in 514/1 The holy Lenton faste, whiche these brotheles so boldly take vpon them to breake. †2. society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio (1924) l. 812 (MED) The which in Englond stves men do call A bordell-howse of swyth vnthryftyness..And ȝit men deme it in many place elswhere To be as son spede of a brothell as theere. c1530 A. Barclay ii. sig. Hiij v Suche a brouthell, hyr kepyth nat to one. 1535 Bp. J. Fisher 418 Why doeth a common brothel take no shame of hir abhomination? 1583 P. Stubbes sig. Fi A filthie strumpet or brothel. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus 113 b A company of concubins and brothels. society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > brothel-keeper 1604 R. Cawdrey Brothell, keeper of a house of baudry. society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > brothel a1591 H. Smith (1592) sig. B7 They will returne to as badde exercises againe, as the Deuill did: Some vnto the Tauerns, and some vnto the Alehouses, and some vnto Stages, and some vnto Brothels. 1608 W. Shakespeare xi. 87 Keepe thy foote out of brothell . View more context for this quotation 1680 T. Otway i. i. 8 I'd rather see thee in a Brothel trapt, And basely wedded to a Ruffian's Whore. 1785 W. Paley iii. ii. 246 The licensing, taxing, and regulating of public brothels, has appeared to the people an authorizing of fornication. 1828 T. B. Macaulay Hallam's Constit. Hist. in Sept. 152 Wretches..whom every body now believes to have been..the offal of gaols and brothels. 1925 L. O'Flaherty ix. 141 The proprietress of the brothel was standing beside the door. 2007 K. Harbaugh in M. J. Putney et al. 210 She would find work, even if it were in a brothel. But she could feel her soul shrivel at the thought. Compoundsa1500 (a1460) (1994) I. xiv. 171 I [sc. Herod] shall se that brodell bloode, By hym that me has boght! a1500 (a1460) (1994) I. xxii. 273 That ye make som ordynance with this brodell thrall. C2. 1570 T. Wilson Life Demosthenes in tr. Demosthenes 116 (margin) A place in Athens..being the brothell corner as it should seeme of that Citie. 1598 Bp. J. Hall iv. i. 12 Hee lies wallowing..on his Brothel-bed, Till his salt bowels boyle with poysonous fire. 1633 P. Fletcher i. xviii. 5 Or Mævius chaunt his thoughts in brothell charm. a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in (1721) III. 291 With so profligate a Race, Within their Brothel-Heav'n. 1844 30 May Let him hear an account of the brothel visits and drunken revels of a man who was sent there as a lawmaker. 1992 J. Crace ii. viii. 151 Men, mostly alone, were making for a brothel-bar where drinks and women could be bought until dawn. 2019 (Nexis) 18 Sept. 19 During the brothel raid police allegedly seized cash, methylamphetamine, heroin and cannabis. 1605 R. Jefferay 30 The brothell-haunters, brothel-hunters, sappe-suckers and soakers. 1692 tr. Sallust 17 The Rage of adulterous Lust, of Brothel-haunting and other Bestialities. 1724 xliii. 170 His humble Amusements of Brothel-Hunting, (and what Nature design'd him for). 1845 7 May 2/2 The writer in the American Review..enumerates the potential agencies to which..Mr. Polk owes his election [as]..‘pocket-book droppers’, ‘brothel-owners and bullies’ [etc.]. 1892 13 Jan. 28/1 After dinner and prayers, the officers who do lodging house and brothel visiting start on their rounds. 1994 29 Aug. i. 5/5 But councils have no real means of regulating standards since pimping—and, by extension, brothel-keeping—is technically illegal. 2005 D. Lambdin 9 But then it had been Corinthian, brothel-haunting Harry who'd almost ruined that one and only college year with the threats of expulsion. 2008 P. C. Cohen et al. i. 45 It would take a rare type of brothel-going man to be as well versed in the cut of fabric and style of feminine outfits as this columnist proved to be. C3. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > with specific types of sole > soft sole > shoes 1948 E. Partridge et al. (at cited word) Brothel creepers, Brown suede shoes, much affected by desert warriors. In the navy, it means the same thing, though often specifically crepe-soled shoes worn with plain clothes. 1954 G. Smith ix. 81 ‘Poncing about the place in those brothel-creepers of his!’.. He always wore plush suede shoes. 1959 ‘A. Fraser’ ii. 24 He had immaculately creased grey flannel trousers and brothel-creeper shoes. 1969 J. Fredman ix. 85 Suède brothel-creeper boots. 2013 M. Lewisohn I. vi. 143 There was John Lennon striding around with a DA haircut, brothel-creepers, drape jacket. society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > brothel-keeper 1710 E. Ward i. 6 Informers, Lab'rors, Brothel-Keepers, Pimps, Panders, Thieves and Chimney-Sweepers, And all the rest oth' Heath'nish Race That do our Grand Processions grace. 1820 T. Mitchell tr. Aristophanes Knights in tr. Aristophanes I. 255 One Philostratus, a brothel-keeper. 1972 M. Pearson ii. 29 Dunlap..raided an apartment..near Piccadilly Circus, to arrest a brothel-keeper. 2001 Summer 64/1 She may be being coerced into prostitution by a husband, boyfriend or pimp. She may even be debt-bonded or otherwise enslaved to a brothel keeper. 1887 3 May 5/3 The brothel madam and the respectable widow were together in line with their applications for licenses to sell respectively wine, cigars and tobacco to their ‘friends’ and patrons. 1962 C. Wilson (1973) ii. 37 Three brothel madams, who sit together and discuss the gangster Red. 2004 12 Feb. 159/3 The bizarre local citizens..include..a brothel madam who refers to her stable of nymphets as ‘bonbons’. society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > brothel-keeper 1608 T. Middleton i. sig. B2 Hee's a rioter, a wast-thrift, a brothell-maister. 1842 23 Apr. 208/2 There is not a brothel master or a pimp who does not agree heartily with the motto..that ‘The world is governed too much’. 2018 (Nexis) 23 Oct. 4 The police raided the house following a tip-off that the brothel master was going to move them to another premise. society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > frequenting prostitutes > frequenting brothels > one who 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace sig. Cijv No brothelmonger be [L. ne sequerer moechas]. 1837 8 Oct. 326/3 Any low-lived vagabond coffee-shopkeeper or brothel-monger..may indulge in his blackguard propensities for insult and annoyance with impunity. 1857 8 Feb. 9/2 The plaintiff is a professional pimp; the defendant, ‘the most noble’ the Marquis of Bath, is a peer of the realm, patron of ten livings, and a brothel-monger. 1987 (Nexis) 8 Dec. 11 At the inquiry, we were treated to a cameo appearance from an alleged brothel-monger. Derivatives society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [adjective] > relating to or like brothel 1767 H. Kelly II. xix. 139 Why am I..beset in my own lodgings, and treated with all the illiberal freedoms of a brothel-like audacity? 1803 R. Southey in 1 41 We will not transcribe Mr. Fischer's brothel-like description. 1949 46 488 The likeness of Cupid appears in a brothel-like hotel room. 2006 May 352/1 Mahon does not enter here into precisely whose erotic reveries were to be triggered by this brothel-like display. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). † brothelv.Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: brothel n. Etymology: < brothel n. Compare earlier brotheller n. and brothelling n. Obsolete. society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [verb (intransitive)] > frequent prostitutes > frequent brothels 1600 J. Sylvester in R. Allott 380 Who likeliest greedy Goates Brothell from bed to bed. 1621 R. Brathwait sig. N3v Thou that erects a stew To brothell in: why wilt thou be aray'd So Strumpet-like, yet would be styl'd a Maid? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). <  n.c1390 v.1600 |