"whoredom" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhɔːdəm/ [UK] Forms: whoredoms [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dəm Etymology: From Middle English horedom, hordom, from Old Norse hórdómr, ultimately corresponding to whore + -dom. Cognate with Swedish hordom (“whoredom”), Middle Dutch hoerdom (“whoredom”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|horedom}} Middle English horedom, {{m|enm|hordom}} hordom, {{der|en|non|hórdómr}} Old Norse hórdómr, {{suffix|en|whore|dom}} whore + -dom, {{cog|sv|hordom|t=whoredom}} Swedish hordom (“whoredom”), {{cog|dum|hoerdom|t=whoredom}} Middle Dutch hoerdom (“whoredom”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} whoredom (usually uncountable, plural whoredoms)
  1. The state of being a whore, prostitution; sexual indulgence, fornication. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Prostitution Synonyms: harlotry Translations (state of being a whore): qəhbəlik (Azerbaijani), блудство (bludstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), проституиране (prostituirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), Huararie [feminine] (Plautdietsch), fahişelik (Turkish), kahpelik (Turkish), orospuluk (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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