harlotize

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harlotize

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From harlot + -ize.

verb harlotizes · harlotizing · harlotized · harlotise

  1. intransitive To act like a harlot. It is no extraordinary paradox, That a man may himſelf debauch his own wife, and a woman harlotize with her own huſband.—But this ſubject muſt be touched with great nicety; therefore I ſhall only add, that even our moſt unobſerved behaviour ſhall carry with it ſuch a ſpirit of refinement, as to prev
  2. transitive To turn into a harlot; to prostitute. […] Yeat too too forcible I feare to be forgot of some, / For slaunder set on foote, though false, is talkatiuely dome. / Malicious (for thy malice is thy matter all in all) / Is it to harlotize, thinkst thou, a Goddesse wrong too small, / But thou must forge it from the Earth, euen from the Sheep-c

    Similar: sell one's body, whore out, dog out, hustle, mack, pander, pimp, pimp out, ponce, prostitute, punk, whore

Similar: blissom, chamber, colt, gill, harlot, harlotize, minx, rake, rig, slut, trollop, wanton, wantonize

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@misc{harlotize_2026,
  title = {harlotize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/harlotize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}