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lupanar

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

noun

  1. a brothel; whorehouse.

Etymology

Origin of lupanar

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

Example Sentences

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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 Imperial Purple by Saltus, Edgar

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