harlot

UK /ˈhɑːlət/ US /ˈhɑɹlət/
noun 3verb 1adj 1

Definitions

noun

1

A female prostitute.

This day (great Duke) ſhe ſhut the doores vpon me, / While she with Harlots feaſted in my housſe.

The bastard of a harlot, born in a brothel, suckled on gin, and familiar from earliest infancy with all the bestialities of debauch,[…]

2

A female who is considered promiscuous.

3

A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth, especially one given to low conduct.

By suche ydle and wicked harlottes the enheritaunce of Christe is troden vnder fote.

When lust doth rage it like a canker frets; It topsie turvie, upside downe all sets;[…] Where once it reigneth, there it maketh sure, A man a harlot, and a wife a whoore;

verb

1

To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.

[…] they that spend their youth in loitering, bezzling, and harlotting, their studies in unprofitable questions, and barbarous sophistry

adj

1

Wanton; lewd; low; base.

The intellection in it, kiddo—the intellection.... That most harlot of harlots... talking of me, laughing at me... I'll kill her....

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