strumpet
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Definition of strumpet
7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A female prostitute.
“Em[ilia]. Fie, fie vpon thee ſtrumpet. / Bian[ca]. I am no ſtrumpet, but of life as honeſt, / As you, that thus abuſe me. / Em[ilia]. As I: fough, fie vpon thee.”
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noun
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A female prostitute.
“Em[ilia]. Fie, fie vpon thee ſtrumpet. / Bian[ca]. I am no ſtrumpet, but of life as honeſt, / As you, that thus abuſe me. / Em[ilia]. As I: fough, fie vpon thee.”
- A woman who is promiscuous.
- A female adulterer.
- A mistress.
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(derogatory)A trollop; a whore.
“He cals her on a ſudden, all to naught; ſhe is a ſtrumpet, a light huswife, a bitch, an arrant whore.”
“We have legalized the strumpet and are guarding her retreat; Greed is seeking out commercial souls before his judgement seat; O, be swift, ye clods, to answer him! be jubilant my feet! Our god is marching on!”
verb
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(obsolete, transitive)To debauch.
“My blood is mingled with the crime of lust; / For if we two be one, and thou play false, / I do digest the poison of thy flesh, / Being strumpeted by thy contagion.”
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(obsolete, transitive)To dishonour with the reputation of being a strumpet; to belie; to slander.
“That proud man, that vvas / Deny'd the honour of your bed, yet durſt / VVith his untrue reports, ſtrumpet your fame, / Compell'd by mee, hath given himſelfe the lye, / And in his ovvne blood vvrote it, […]”
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Etymology
From Middle English strumpet, strompet, strumpett. Further origin uncertain; possibly from Middle Dutch strompen (“to stalk”) or strompe (“stocking”); or Late Latin stuprum (“violation”) or stuprare (“to violate”).
Words you can make from strumpet
163 playable · top: TRUMPETS (12 pts)
Best play trumpets 12 points7-letter words
6 words6-letter words
12 words5-letter words
36 words- PERMS 9 pts
- RUMPS 9 pts
- SPERM 9 pts
- SPUME 9 pts
- STUMP 9 pts
- TEMPS 9 pts
- TEMPT 9 pts
- TRUMP 9 pts
- TUMPS 9 pts
- ERUPT 7 pts
- MURES 7 pts
- MUSER 7 pts
- MUTER 7 pts
- MUTES 7 pts
- MUTTS 7 pts
- PREST 7 pts
- PURSE 7 pts
- PUTTS 7 pts
- SERUM 7 pts
- SETUP 7 pts
- SPRUE 7 pts
- SPURT 7 pts
- STREP 7 pts
- STRUM 7 pts
- STUPE 7 pts
- SUPER 7 pts
- TERMS 7 pts
- TREMS 7 pts
- TURPS 7 pts
- UPSET 7 pts
- STRUT 5 pts
- STURT 5 pts
- TRETS 5 pts
- TRUES 5 pts
- TRUST 5 pts
- UTTER 5 pts
4-letter words
56 words- PERM 8 pts
- RUMP 8 pts
- SUMP 8 pts
- TEMP 8 pts
- TUMP 8 pts
- UMPS 8 pts
- EMUS 6 pts
- MURE 6 pts
- MUSE 6 pts
- MUST 6 pts
- MUTE 6 pts
- MUTS 6 pts
- MUTT 6 pts
- PERT 6 pts
- PEST 6 pts
- PETS 6 pts
- PURE 6 pts
- PURS 6 pts
- PUTS 6 pts
- PUTT 6 pts
- REMS 6 pts
- REPS 6 pts
- RUMS 6 pts
- SEPT 6 pts
- SMUT 6 pts
- SPUE 6 pts
- SPUR 6 pts
- STEM 6 pts
- STEP 6 pts
- STUM 6 pts
- SUPE 6 pts
- TERM 6 pts
- TREM 6 pts
- TUMS 6 pts
- TUPS 6 pts
- URPS 6 pts
- ERST 4 pts
- REST 4 pts
- RETS 4 pts
- RUES 4 pts
- RUSE 4 pts
- RUST 4 pts
- RUTS 4 pts
- SETT 4 pts
- STET 4 pts
- SUER 4 pts
- SUET 4 pts
- SURE 4 pts
- TEST 4 pts
- TETS 4 pts
- TRES 4 pts
- TRET 4 pts
- TRUE 4 pts
- TUTS 4 pts
- USER 4 pts
- UTES 4 pts
3-letter words
39 words- UMP 7 pts
- EMS 5 pts
- EMU 5 pts
- MES 5 pts
- MET 5 pts
- MUS 5 pts
- MUT 5 pts
- PER 5 pts
- PES 5 pts
- PET 5 pts
- PST 5 pts
- PUR 5 pts
- PUS 5 pts
- PUT 5 pts
- REM 5 pts
- REP 5 pts
- RUM 5 pts
- SUM 5 pts
- SUP 5 pts
- TUM 5 pts
- TUP 5 pts
- UMS 5 pts
- UPS 5 pts
- URP 5 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- RUT 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- SUE 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TET 3 pts
- TUT 3 pts
- USE 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
- UTS 3 pts
2-letter words
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