meretricio
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Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
meretricio m (plural meretrici)
- prostitution, sluthood, slutdom, slutness
- Synonym: prostituzione
Related terms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
meretrīciō
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin meretrīcius (“meretricious”), from meretrīx (“harlot, prostitute”), from mereō (“earn, deserve, merit”).
Adjective[edit]
meretricio (feminine meretricia, masculine plural meretricios, feminine plural meretricias)
- meretricious (pertaining to prostitutes)
Noun[edit]
meretricio m (plural meretricios)
Further reading[edit]
- “meretricio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014