lupanar

American

[loo-pey-ner, -pah-] / luˈpeɪ nər, -ˈpɑ- /

noun

a brothel; whorehouse.

Etymology

Origin of lupanar

1860–65; < Latin lupānar, derivative of lupa prostitute, literally, she-wolf

Example Sentences

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Among its amenities: a large garden, a spacious restaurant complete with indoor latrines and nearby—close enough to warrant a sign in front of the bar that warned against loitering—the Grand Lupanar, a popular brothel.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Pantheon had become a lupanar of divinities that presided over birth, and whose rites were obscene; an abattoir of gods that presided over death, and whose worship was gore.

From Project Gutenberg

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