whorish

[ hawr-ish, hohr- or, often, hoor- ]

adjective

Origin of whorish

First recorded in 1525–35; whore + -ish¹

Here is a Miss won, and in her whorish Affections come over to Joseph, without his speaking of a word.
The Life and Death of Mr Badman | John Bunyan
What have ye to do to dally with a whorish and foolish world?
Letters of Samuel Rutherford | Samuel Rutherford
By means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread.
Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works | Anonymous
I wil make ye daunce sutch a bloudy bargenet, as your whorish heate for euer shall be cooled.
The Palace of Pleasure | William Painter
In this increasingly whorish atmosphere, the perception of foreigners was dramatically re-cast.
After the Rain | Sam Vaknin

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