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Webster 1913 Edition
Fornicator
For′ni-caˊtor
,Noun.
[F.
fornicateur
, OF. fornicator
, from L. fornicator
.] An unmarried person, male or female, who has criminal intercourse with the other sex; one guilty of fornication.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fornicator
FORN'ICATOR
,Noun.
1.
An unmarried person, male or female, who has criminal conversation with the other sex; also, a married man who has sexual commerce with an unmarried woman. [See Adultery.]2.
A lewd person.3.
An idolater.Definition 2024
fornicator
fornicator
English
Alternative forms
- fornicatour (obsolete)
Noun
fornicator (plural fornicators)
- (pejorative) An unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Corinthians-Chapter-6/#9–10 1 Corinthians 6:9–10:
- Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
- (Can we date this quote?) Qu’ran 24:2, M.H. Shakir translation.
- (As for) the fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them, (giving) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for them detain you in the matter of obedience to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the last day, and let a party of believers witness their chastisement.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Corinthians-Chapter-6/#9–10 1 Corinthians 6:9–10:
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:libertine
Related terms
- fornacatrix, fornacatrices f (very rare)
- fornicatress, fornicatresses f (very rare)
Translations
unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse
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Latin
Etymology
Derived from fornicārī/fornicor (“to fornicate”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /for.niˈkaː.tor/
Noun
fornicātor m (genitive fornicātōris); third declension
- fornicator (male)
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | fornicātor | fornicātōrēs |
genitive | fornicātōris | fornicātōrum |
dative | fornicātōrī | fornicātōribus |
accusative | fornicātōrem | fornicātōrēs |
ablative | fornicātōre | fornicātōribus |
vocative | fornicātor | fornicātōrēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- Italian: fornicatore
References
- fornicator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- FORNICATOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fornicator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- ↑ “fornicare” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2