having the character or characteristics of a whore; lewd; unchaste
Derived forms
whorishly
adverb
whorishness
noun
Word origin
[1525–35; whore + -ish1]This word is first recorded in the period 1525–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: evangelical, folio, secure, shuffle, signature-ish is a suffix used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of “belonging to”(British; Danish; English; Spanish); “after the manner of,” “having the characteristics of,” “like” (babyish; girlish; mulish); “addicted to,” “inclined or tending to” (bookish; freakish); “near or about” (fiftyish; sevenish)