strumpet

English

WOTD – 19 August 2015

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English strumpet, strompet, strumpett. Further origin uncertain; possibly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch strompen (“to stalk”) or strompe (“stocking”); or (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  stuprum (“violation”) or stuprare (“to violate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɹʌm.pɪt/
• Rhymes: -ʌmpɪt

Noun

strumpet (plural strumpets)

1. A female prostitute
2. A woman who is very sexually active.
3. A female adulterer.
4. A mistress.
5. (derogatory) A trollop; a whore.
   • 1936: Like the Phoenix by Anthony Bertram

     However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie--did actually solicit me, did actually say 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:prostitute
• See Thesaurus:promiscuous woman
• See Thesaurus:sexual partner

Derived terms

• crumpet

Translations

A prostitute

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 婊子 (zh) (biǎozi), 妓女 (zh) (biǎozi)

• Czech: kurva (cs) f
• Dutch: hoer (nl) f, lichtekooi (nl) f
• French: pute (fr) f, putain (fr) f, roulure (fr) f
• German: Hure (de) f, Dirne (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: κασαλβάς f (kasalbás)

• Irish: striapach (ga) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: puttana (it) f, sgualdrina (it) f, battona (it) f, squillo (it) f, peripatetica (it) f
• Macedonian: курва f (kurva), ченгија f (čengija) (archaic)
• Polish: ladacznica (pl) f
• Portuguese: puta (pt) f, meretriz (pt) f
• Russian: проститу́тка (ru) f (prostitútka), потаску́ха (ru) f (potaskúxa)
• Scottish Gaelic: strìopach (gd) f, siùrsach f
• Spanish: puta (es) f, golfa (es) f, ramera (es) f
• Swedish: hora (sv) c, slinka (sv) c
• Thai: โสเภณี (th) (sǒo-pee-nii)

Verb

strumpet (third-person singular simple present strumpets, present participle strumpeting, simple past and past participle strumpeted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To debauch.
   • 1591, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, II. ii. 153:

     My blood is mingled with the crime of lust; / For if we two be one, and thou play false, / I do digest the poison of thy flesh, / Being strumpeted by thy contagion.

2. (obsolete, transitive) To dishonour with the reputation of being a strumpet; to belie; to slander.
   • Massinger

     With his untrue reports, strumpet your fame.

Anagrams

• trumpets