strumpet
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strumpet
- /ˈstɹʌm.pɪt/
Rhymes with -ʌmpɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English strumpet, strompet, strumpett. Further origin uncertain; possibly from Middle Dutch strompen (“to stalk”) or strompe (“stocking”); or Late Latin stuprum (“violation”) or stuprare (“to violate”).
noun strumpets
- A female prostitute. Em[ilia]. Fie, fie vpon thee ſtrumpet. / Bian[ca]. I am no ſtrumpet, but of life as honeſt, / As you, that thus abuſe me. / Em[ilia]. As I: fough, fie vpon thee.
- A woman who is promiscuous.
- A female adulterer.
- A mistress.
- A trollop; a whore. He cals her on a ſudden, all to naught; ſhe is a ſtrumpet, a light huswife, a bitch, an arrant whore.
Similar: prostitute, promiscuous woman, sexual partner
verb strumpets · strumpeting · strumpeted
- To debauch. My blood is mingled with the crime of lust; / For if we two be one, and thou play false, / I do digest the poison of thy flesh, / Being strumpeted by thy contagion.
- To dishonour with the reputation of being a strumpet; to belie; to slander. That proud man, that vvas / Deny'd the honour of your bed, yet durſt / VVith his untrue reports, ſtrumpet your fame, / Compell'd by mee, hath given himſelfe the lye, / And in his ovvne blood vvrote it, […]
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noun
Similar: prostitute, promiscuous woman, sexual partner
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noun A prostitute
| Español | puta, golfa, ramera |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 婊子 biǎozi, 妓女 biǎozi |
| Português | puta, meretriz |
| Français | pute, putain, roulure |
| Deutsch | Hure, Dirne |
| Italiano | puttana, sgualdrina, battona, squillo, peripatetica |
| Русский | проститу́тка prostitútka, потаску́ха potaskúxa |
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