adultery

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Etymology [edit]

From the Old French scholarly form adultere (violation of conjugal faith) (in Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons, 12c.), from Latin adulterium, from adulter. Replaced the older form avoutrie, from the popular Old French forms avouterie or aoulterie. Compare French adultère (adultery). Old English word was æwbryce (breach of lawful marriage).

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  • IPA: /əˈdʌltəri/
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adultery (plural adulteries)

  1. Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse.

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