fornicate

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English

Etymology

From Latin fornicātus, perfect passive participle to fornicor, from fornix (“arch, vault; brothel”). It was customary for courtesans of the era to wait for their customers out of the rain in arched passageways.

Pronunciation

Adjective
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Verb
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Adjective

fornicate (comparative more fornicate, superlative most fornicate)

  1. Shaped like an arch or vault; resembling a fornix.

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Verb

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  1. (intransitive) To commit fornication.

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Italian

Verb

fornicate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of fornicare
  2. second-person plural imperative of fornicare
  3. feminine plural of fornicato

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) fornicāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of fornicātus
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