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fornicatrix

American  
[fawr-ni-key-triks] / ˌfɔr nɪˈkeɪ trɪks /

noun

plural

fornicatrices

  1. a woman who commits fornication.

Gender

See -trix.

Etymology

Origin of fornicatrix

1580–90; < Late Latin: prostitute; fornicate 1, -trix

Example Sentences

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The profession of the fornicatrix has fallen upon seedy days.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Zhdanov attacks the lyric poetess Anna Akhmatova as "a fornicatrix and nun, who mixes fornication with prayer," the whole Soviet press gets the fairly obvious idea: Zhdanov doesn't like the way she writes.

From Time Magazine Archive

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