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prostitute
English
Etymology
From Latin pr?stit?tus, past participle of pr?stitu?, from pr?? (“for, before”) +? statu? (“to set up, to erect”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p??st?tju?t/, /?p??st?t?u?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p???st?tu?t/
Verb
prostitute (third-person singular simple present prostitutes, present participle prostituting, simple past and past participle prostituted)
- (transitive, reflexive) To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money. [from 16th c.]
- 1611, Bible (Authorized Version), Leviticus xix. 29:
- Do not prostitute thy daughter.
- 1611, Bible (Authorized Version), Leviticus xix. 29:
- (transitive, derogatory) To sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for base purposes.
Synonyms
- (to offer oneself for sexual activity for money): sell one's body, turn tricks; see also Thesaurus:prostitute oneself
- (to offer another person for sexual activity for money): pimp; see also Thesaurus:pimp out
- (to use one's talents for money): sell out
Related terms
- prostitution
Translations
Adjective
prostitute (comparative more prostitute, superlative most prostitute)
- (obsolete) Debased, corrupt; seeking personal gain by dishonourable means. [16th–19th c.]
- 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man:
- [H]e speaks a languages that merits not reply, and which can only excite contempt for his prostitute principles, or pity for his ignorance.
- 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man:
- Taking part in promiscuous sexual activity, licentious; (later, chiefly as attributive use of noun) that is a prostitute. [from 16th c.]
- 2008, Niki Adams, Lisa Longstaff, The Guardian, letters, 23 February:
- They rightly say that attacks against prostitute women are common and that it's only when five are murdered in one place that it starts to provoke debate.
- 2008, Niki Adams, Lisa Longstaff, The Guardian, letters, 23 February:
- (obsolete) Exposed, subjected (to something shameful). [16th–18th c.]
- 1651, Thomas Hobbes, Philosophicall rudiments concerning government and society:
- As a matter of ease, exposed and prostitute to every Mother-wit, and to be attained without any great care or study.
- 1651, Thomas Hobbes, Philosophicall rudiments concerning government and society:
Noun
prostitute (plural prostitutes)
- Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood. [from 18th c.]
- Synonyms: sex worker; see also Thesaurus:prostitute
- Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute
- A woman who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood. [from 17th c.]
- 2012, Kelly Olson, Dress and the Roman Woman: Self-Presentation and Society, page 50:
- Unfortunately, there is to my knowledge no visual evidence for the dress of the Roman prostitute, but the literary sources present us with a range of prostitute clothing (from rich accoutrements all the way down to nothing), […]
- 2012, Kelly Olson, Dress and the Roman Woman: Self-Presentation and Society, page 50:
- A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage. [from 17th c.]
- Synonym: sellout
Usage notes
- Some speakers consider prostitutes (sex workers) to be female by default, and thus use "male prostitute" to refer to a man doing the same job.
Synonyms
- Thesaurus:prostitute
Translations
Afrikaans
Noun
prostitute
- plural of prostituut
Italian
Noun
prostitute f
- plural of prostituta
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pro?s.ti?tu?.te/, [p?o?s?t???t?u?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pros.ti?tu.te/, [p??st?i?t?u?t??]
Participle
pr?stit?te
- vocative masculine singular of pr?stit?tus
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pornocracy
English
Etymology
Probably borrowed from German Pornokratie, first found in the writings of Austrian-born Biblical scholar Alfred Edersheim (1825–1889), from Ancient Greek ????? (pórn?, “female prostitute”) + -??????? (-kratí?, “-cracy”, suffix indicating “government, rule”); analysable as porno- +? -cracy.
Pronunciation
- enPR: pôr-n?k-r?-s?
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p???n?k??s?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /p??n?k??si/
- Rhymes: -?k??si
- Hyphenation: por?no?cra?cy
Proper noun
pornocracy
- (Roman Catholicism, historical, sometimes capitalized) The period of the papacy known as the saeculum obsc?rum (Latin for “dark age”), and also as the “Rule of the Harlots”, which began with the installation of Pope Sergius III in 904 and lasted for sixty years until the death of Pope John XII in 964, during which time the popes were strongly influenced by the Theophylacti, a powerful and corrupt aristocratic family. [from mid-19th c.]
Alternative forms
- Pornocracy
Translations
Noun
pornocracy (plural pornocracies)
- (derogatory, often figuratively) A government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons.
- (derogatory) A societal culture dominated by pornography.
Derived terms
- pornocrat
- pornocratic
Translations
Notes
References
Further reading
- saeculum obscurum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- pornocracy (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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