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strumpet

Meaningdishonour, violation

Common meaning: a prostitute

Journey through time

  1. Latinstuprum‘dishonour, violation’source
  2. Old Frenchstrupesource
  3. Middle Englishstrompetsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsdishonour, violation → a prostitutestrumpet‘a prostitute’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin stuprum ‘dishonour, violation’.

Roots

  • stuprum Latin “dishonour, violation”

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