meretricio

Italian

Noun

meretricio m (plural meretrici)

1. prostitution, sluthood, slutdom, slutness

   Synonym: prostituzione

Related terms

• meretrice

Latin

Adjective

meretrīciō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of meretrīcius

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin meretrīcius (“meretricious”), from meretrīx (“harlot, prostitute”), from mereō (“earn, deserve, merit”).

Adjective

meretricio (feminine meretricia, masculine plural meretricios, feminine plural meretricias)

1. meretricious (pertaining to prostitutes)

Noun

meretricio m (plural meretricios)

1. prostitution

Further reading

• “meretricio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10