Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Customary lewdness or prostitution in a female.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Habitual lewdness or prostitution of a woman; harlotry.
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- noun archaic Habitual
lewdness orprostitution of awoman ;harlotry .
Etymologies
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French putanisme, from putain harlot.
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pavonine commented on the word putanism
putanism. Habitual lewdness or prostitution of a woman; harlotry.
November 5, 2007