whoremongering

[ hawr-mong-ger-ing, -muhng- ]

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noun

Sometimes �ɳ�ǰ��·��·�ٱ��·�� []. sexually licentious behavior, as promiscuity, consorting with prostitutes, etc.; lechery:
The latest bit of scandalous whoremongering by students is a "Sexfest" at one of the local colleges.

adjective

sexually licentious or promiscuous; consorting with prostitutes; lecherous:
How would you deal with the whoremongering husband who perpetually and unrepentantly cheated on his wife?

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Word History and Origins

Origin of whoremongering¹

First recorded in 1680–90; whoremonger ( def ) + -ing ¹( def ) for the noun; whoremonger ( def ) + -ing ²( def ) for the adjective

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Example Sentences

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Ruefully speaking about their pasts of whoremongering and sister-rumpy-pumpy, they drink to the perils of self-betterment.

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Well, fill in the blank: heart, courage, entitlement to contested lands, right to be in charge, capacity for alcohol — and for whoremongering and warmongering — and the ability to put a lesser fellow in his place.

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The Ladd Devine empire had been established by his grandfather, a boisterous whoremongering outdoors man who drank his bourbon straight from the bottle and cursed a lot.

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And maybe they brought in Joe Eszterhas to work on the part about Underwood blackmailing a coke-addled, whoremongering, drinking-and-driving colleague into doing his dirty work.

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This sin is worse than mere whoremongering in one respect, namely, that it includes the purpose to continue in the state of sin, at least for a certain length of time.

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whoremonger whoreson

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