meretricio
Italian edit
Noun edit
meretricio m (plural meretrici)
- prostitution, sluthood, slutdom, slutness
- Synonym: prostituzione
Related terms edit
Latin edit
Adjective edit
meretrīciō
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin meretrīcius (“meretricious”), from meretrīx (“harlot, prostitute”), from mereō (“earn, deserve, merit”).
Adjective edit
meretricio (feminine meretricia, masculine plural meretricios, feminine plural meretricias)
- meretricious (pertaining to prostitutes)
Noun edit
meretricio m (plural meretricios)
Further reading edit
- “meretricio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014