advowtry

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advowtry

/ədˈvaʊtɹi/

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From Middle English avoutrie, from Old French avouterie, variant (perhaps influenced by vout, vut (“vow”)) of aouterie, aolterie, from Late Latin adulterium. Doublet of adultery, which replaced it in modern English.

noun advowtries · advoutry · avowtry

archaic, countable, obsolete, uncountable adultery Then he turned to me and said, "O mortal, we have it in our law that, when the wife committeth advowtry it is lawful for us to slay her."

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@misc{advowtry_2026,
  title = {advowtry},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/advowtry},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}