"whoresome" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more whoresome [comparative], most whoresome [superlative]
Etymology: From whore + -some. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|whore|some}} whore + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} whoresome (comparative more whoresome, superlative most whoresome)
  1. Marked by whores, whorishness, or whoredom; characteristically whorelike
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          "text": "“Eves, on the scale from wholesome to whoresome, you're practically Amish.” I glared.",
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          "text": "There ain't a woman alive who ain't carrying a desert in her, who ain't been made to feel she's got to keep it tucked away like a badland or whoresome wilderness. & this owl perched upon the saguaro's nettled shoulder ain't an omen, but a sister.",
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