whoreson
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- 14
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- 8
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Definition of whoreson
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(archaic, derogatory)An illegitimate or misbegotten child born of unwed parents.
“Ah, you whoreſon loggerhead, you were borne to do me ſhame.”
“Though this knave came something saucily to the world before he was sent for, yet was his mother fair, there was good sport at his making, and the whoreson must be acknowledged.”
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noun
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(archaic, derogatory)An illegitimate or misbegotten child born of unwed parents.
“Ah, you whoreſon loggerhead, you were borne to do me ſhame.”
“Though this knave came something saucily to the world before he was sent for, yet was his mother fair, there was good sport at his making, and the whoreson must be acknowledged.”
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(derogatory, literally, vulgar)The son of a whore.
“Ploughing whoreson!”
“Thou whoreson zed! Thou unnecessary letter!”
adj
- (derogatory, not-comparable, obsolete)mean; base; worthless
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English horesone, hureson (also horessone, hores sone). Compare Dutch hoerenzoon, German Hurensohn (“whoreson”) and French fils de pute. By surface analysis, whore + son.
Words you can make from whoreson
191 playable · top: RESHOWN (13 pts)
Best play reshown 13 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
15 words5-letter words
46 words- HOWES 11 pts
- NOHOW 11 pts
- SHEWN 11 pts
- SHOWN 11 pts
- SHREW 11 pts
- WHENS 11 pts
- WHORE 11 pts
- WHOSE 11 pts
- WHOSO 11 pts
- WOOSH 11 pts
- ENOWS 8 pts
- HERNS 8 pts
- HERON 8 pts
- HEROS 8 pts
- HOERS 8 pts
- HONER 8 pts
- HONES 8 pts
- HONOR 8 pts
- HORNS 8 pts
- HORSE 8 pts
- HOSEN 8 pts
- HOSER 8 pts
- OWNER 8 pts
- OWSEN 8 pts
- RESOW 8 pts
- REWON 8 pts
- ROWEN 8 pts
- SEROW 8 pts
- SHERO 8 pts
- SHOER 8 pts
- SHONE 8 pts
- SHOON 8 pts
- SHORE 8 pts
- SHORN 8 pts
- SOWER 8 pts
- SWOON 8 pts
- SWORE 8 pts
- SWORN 8 pts
- WOOER 8 pts
- WORSE 8 pts
- WRENS 8 pts
- NOOSE 5 pts
- RENOS 5 pts
- ROOSE 5 pts
- SENOR 5 pts
- SNORE 5 pts
4-letter words
57 words- HEWN 10 pts
- HEWS 10 pts
- HOWE 10 pts
- HOWS 10 pts
- SHEW 10 pts
- SHOW 10 pts
- WHEN 10 pts
- ENOW 7 pts
- HENS 7 pts
- HERN 7 pts
- HERO 7 pts
- HERS 7 pts
- HOER 7 pts
- HOES 7 pts
- HONE 7 pts
- HONS 7 pts
- HORN 7 pts
- HOSE 7 pts
- NEWS 7 pts
- NOSH 7 pts
- NOWS 7 pts
- OOHS 7 pts
- OWES 7 pts
- OWNS 7 pts
- OWSE 7 pts
- RESH 7 pts
- RHOS 7 pts
- ROWS 7 pts
- SEWN 7 pts
- SHEN 7 pts
- SHOE 7 pts
- SHOO 7 pts
- SNOW 7 pts
- SOWN 7 pts
- WENS 7 pts
- WOES 7 pts
- WONS 7 pts
- WOOS 7 pts
- WORE 7 pts
- WORN 7 pts
- WREN 7 pts
- EONS 4 pts
- ERNS 4 pts
- EROS 4 pts
- NOES 4 pts
- NOSE 4 pts
- ONES 4 pts
- ONOS 4 pts
- ORES 4 pts
- RENO 4 pts
- ROES 4 pts
- ROOS 4 pts
- ROSE 4 pts
- SONE 4 pts
- SOON 4 pts
- SORE 4 pts
- SORN 4 pts
3-letter words
50 words- HEW 9 pts
- HOW 9 pts
- WHO 9 pts
- HEN 6 pts
- HER 6 pts
- HES 6 pts
- HOE 6 pts
- HON 6 pts
- HOO 6 pts
- HOS 6 pts
- NEW 6 pts
- NOH 6 pts
- NOW 6 pts
- OHO 6 pts
- OHS 6 pts
- OOH 6 pts
- OWE 6 pts
- OWN 6 pts
- RHO 6 pts
- ROW 6 pts
- SEW 6 pts
- SHE 6 pts
- SHO 6 pts
- SOH 6 pts
- SOW 6 pts
- WEN 6 pts
- WOE 6 pts
- WON 6 pts
- WOO 6 pts
- WOS 6 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- EON 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- NOO 3 pts
- NOR 3 pts
- NOS 3 pts
- OES 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- ONO 3 pts
- ONS 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- ORS 3 pts
- OSE 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
- ROO 3 pts
- SEN 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
- SON 3 pts
2-letter words
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