whoredom

英 ['hɔːdəm] 美['hordəm]
  • n. 卖淫,通奸;偶像崇拜

英英释义


1. offering sexual intercourse for pay

英文词源


whoredom (n.)
late 12c., "practice of sexual immorality," probably from Old Norse hordomr "adultery," from Proto-Germanic *horaz (see whore (n.)) + Old Norse -domr "condition " (see -dom).