different between fornicatress vs fornicator

English

Etymology

Compare French fornicatrice, Latin fornicatrix.

Noun

fornicatress (plural fornicatresses)

1. (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
   • 1853: Some Account of the Writings and Opinions of Justin Martyr by John Kaye

     Joshua, the High-Priest, who, according to Justin, is said to have been clothed in filthy garments, because he had married a fornicatress

   • 1856: Meditations and prayers to the Holy Trinity and our Lord Jesus Christ by S. Anselm, Sometimes Archbishop of Canterbury

     For thou, thou, my wretched soul, perverse harlot, shameless fornicatress, thou first castedst off God, thy Lover and thy Creator, and betookest thyself of thine own accord to the devil, thine ensnarer and destroyer.

   • 1917, Maulana Muhammad Ali (translator), Qu’ran 24:2

     (As for) the fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them, (giving) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for them detain you in the matter of obedience to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the last day, and let a party of believers witness their chastisement.

   • 1936: Like the Phoenix by Anthony Bertram

     However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie--did actually solicit me, did actually say 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman.

Synonyms

• fornicatrix

English

Alternative forms

• fornicatour (obsolete)

Etymology

fornicate +? -or.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??(?).n?.ke?.t?(?)/

Noun

fornicator (plural fornicators)

1. An unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature.
   • 1917, Maulana Muhammad Ali (translator), Qu’ran 24:2

     (As for) the fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them, (giving) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for them detain you in the matter of obedience to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the last day, and let a party of believers witness their chastisement.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:libertine

Related terms

• fornicatress, fornicatresses f (very rare)
• fornicatrix, fornicatrices f (very rare)

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Derived from fornicor (“to fornicate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /for.ni?ka?.tor/, [f?rn??kä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /for.ni?ka.tor/, [f?rni?k??t??r]

Noun

fornic?tor m (genitive fornic?t?ris, feminine fornic?tr?x); third declension

1. fornicator (male)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• fornic?rius

Related terms

• fornic?tr?x

Descendants

• French: fornicateur
• Italian: fornicatore

References

• fornicator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fornicator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fornicator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette