Log in or Sign up

Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Clownishness; buffoonery.
  2. n. Ribaldry; profligacy; profligate practice.
  3. n. The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness.
  4. n. A name of contempt or opprobrium for a woman.
  5. n. False show; meretriciousness.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The trade of a harlot; prostitution.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story.
  2. n. The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness.
  3. n. Anything meretricious.
  4. n. A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. offering sexual intercourse for pay

Examples

Show 10 more examples...

Lists

Comments

No comments yet...

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

‘harlotry’ has been looked up 854 times, loved by 2 people, added to 5 lists, and has a Scrabble score of 14.