brothellyadj.

Brit.

/ˈbrɒθl̩i/,

/ˈbrɒθli/, U.S.

/ˈbrɔθ(ə)li/,

/ˈbrɑθ(ə)li/,

/ˈbrɔð(ə)li/,

/ˈbrɑð(ə)li/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: brothel n., -ly suffix¹.

Etymology: < brothel n. + -ly suffix¹.

†1. Having the character or appearance of a prostitute; sexually promiscuous, lascivious, unchaste. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [adjective] > unchaste or sexually compliant (of women)

strumpeta1382

jadish1573

comingc1576

short heeled1591

loose in the hilts1598

loose-legged1598

loose-tailed1598

light-tailed1600

overscutched1600

stuprous1603

light-skirted1607

brothelly1608

light-heeled1611

wagtailed1648

loose-hilteda1652

feather-heeleda1674

loose-gowneda1717

frank1744

shake-tail1782

(a woman) of a certain description1803

hetaeric1868

round-heeled1926

floozy?1930

trampy1944

slack1951

slaggy1973

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

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 70 To play & meddle with filthy whores & brothelly queanes.

2. Of or befitting a brothel; characteristic of or resembling a brothel, esp. with reference to decor.

ΚΠ

1966 G. Greene Comedians iii. 101 I drove up to Pétionville and found my mother stretched in her great brothelly bed.

2002 Time Out (Nexis) 26 June For the orgy club of your most brothelly, crimson-silk dreams, you should nip over to Paris.

2006 M. Amis House of Meetings (2008) 11 Look at the dining room, with its honey-gold drapes, its brothelly red velvets.

2016 Independent (Nexis) 23 Jan. (Mag.) 31 The walls of the long, two-level room are swagged with peekaboo curtains, draped like a can-can dancer's skirts, and the lamps and chairs are saucily tasselled. ‘It's a bit brothelly’, as one of my guests puts it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	brothelly
释义	brothellyadj. Brit. /ˈbrɒθl̩i/, /ˈbrɒθli/, U.S. /ˈbrɔθ(ə)li/, /ˈbrɑθ(ə)li/, /ˈbrɔð(ə)li/, /ˈbrɑð(ə)li/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: brothel n., -ly suffix¹. Etymology: < brothel n. + -ly suffix¹. †1. Having the character or appearance of a prostitute; sexually promiscuous, lascivious, unchaste. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [adjective] > unchaste or sexually compliant (of women) strumpeta1382 jadish1573 comingc1576 short heeled1591 loose in the hilts1598 loose-legged1598 loose-tailed1598 light-tailed1600 overscutched1600 stuprous1603 light-skirted1607 brothelly1608 light-heeled1611 wagtailed1648 loose-hilteda1652 feather-heeleda1674 loose-gowneda1717 frank1744 shake-tail1782 (a woman) of a certain description1803 hetaeric1868 round-heeled1926 floozy?1930 trampy1944 slack1951 slaggy1973 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 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 70 To play & meddle with filthy whores & brothelly queanes. 2. Of or befitting a brothel; characteristic of or resembling a brothel, esp. with reference to decor. ΚΠ 1966 G. Greene Comedians iii. 101 I drove up to Pétionville and found my mother stretched in her great brothelly bed. 2002 Time Out (Nexis) 26 June For the orgy club of your most brothelly, crimson-silk dreams, you should nip over to Paris. 2006 M. Amis House of Meetings (2008) 11 Look at the dining room, with its honey-gold drapes, its brothelly red velvets. 2016 Independent (Nexis) 23 Jan. (Mag.) 31 The walls of the long, two-level room are swagged with peekaboo curtains, draped like a can-can dancer's skirts, and the lamps and chairs are saucily tasselled. ‘It's a bit brothelly’, as one of my guests puts it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < adj.1608
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