avowtry

English

Alternative forms

• advoutry
• advowtry

Etymology

From Middle English avoutrie, from Old French avouterie, variant (perhaps influenced by vout, vut (“vow”)) of aouterie, aolterie, from Late Latin adulterium. Doublet of adultery, which replaced it in modern English.

Noun

avowtry (usually uncountable, plural avowtries)

1. (obsolete) adultery

Related terms

• advoutrer, avouterer, avoutrer
• advoutress

References

• “avowtry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.