fornicator

[ fawr-ni-key-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person who has sexual intercourse with someone to whom they are not married.

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Word History and Origins

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Late Latin fornicātor, from fornicāt(us) “consorted” (past participle of fornicārī “to consort with prostitutes”; fornicate ¹( def ) ) + -or -or ²( def )

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Example Sentences

From “The Fornicator” to some regrettable lines in Pumping Iron, The Daily Beast picks its favorites.

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What law and what judge imputes a like criminality to the fornicator as to the adulterer?

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Magnus enim fornicator fuit, ut in toto regno Angliae divulgabatur, etc.

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They declared that no fornicator, no adulterer, no drunkard could be admitted into the kingdom of heaven.

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You may be a fornicator, or an adulterer, if you pay one hundred cents on a dollar, the world will give you a free pass.

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Likewise the fornicator aims at enjoyment, to which is joined the deformity of guilt.

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