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strumpet

noun
/ˈstɹʌm.pɪt/

Etymology

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”).

  1. derived from stuprum
  2. derived from strompen
  3. inherited from strumpet

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. A woman who is promiscuous.

  3. A female adulterer.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A mistress.

    2. A trollop

      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.
      • We have legalized the strumpet and are guarding her retreat; Greed is seeking out commercial souls before his judgement seat; O, be swift, ye clods, to answer him! be jubilant my feet! Our god is marching on!

    3. 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.

    4. To dishonour with the reputation of being a strumpet

      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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Derived

crumpet, strumpetlike, strumpetry

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA