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