Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

     #961.  Impurity.—­ N. impurity; uncleanness &c. (filth) 653;
immodesty; grossness &c. adj.; indelicacy, indecency; impudicity[obs3]; obscenity, ribaldry, Fescennine, smut, bawdry[obs3], double entente, equivoque[Fr].
     concupiscence, lust, carnality, flesh, salacity; pruriency, lechery,
lasciviency[obs3], lubricity; Sadism, sapphism[obs3].
     incontinence, intrigue, faux pas[Fr]; amour, amourette[obs3];
gallantry; debauchery, libertinish[obs3], libertinage[obs3], fornication; liaison; wenching, venery, dissipation.
     seduction; defloration, defilement, abuse, violation, rape; incest.
     prostitution, social evil, harlotry, stupration[obs3], whoredom,
concubinage, cuckoldom[obs3], adultery, advoutry[obs3], crim[abbr]. con.; free love.
     seraglio, harem; brothel, bagnio[obs3], stew, bawdyhouse[obs3], cat
house, lupanar[obs3], house of ill fame, bordel[obs3], bordello. 
     V. be impure &c. adj.; intrigue; debauch, defile, seduce; prostitute;
abuse, violate, deflower; commit adultery &c.n. 
     Adj. impure; unclean &c. (dirty) 653; not to be mentioned to ears
polite; immodest, shameless; indecorous, indelicate, indecent; Fescennine; loose, risque [French], coarse, gross, broad, free, equivocal, smutty, fulsome, ribald, obscene, bawdy, pornographic.
     concupiscent, prurient, lickerish[obs3], rampant, lustful; carnal,
carnal-minded; lewd, lascivious, lecherous, libidinous, erotic, ruttish, salacious; Paphian; voluptuous; goatish, must, musty.
     unchaste, light, wanton, licentious, debauched, dissolute; of loose
character, of easy virtue; frail, gay, riggish[obs3], incontinent, meretricious, rakish, gallant, dissipated; no better than she should be; on the town, on the streets, on the pave, on the loose.
     adulterous, incestuous, bestial.

     #962.  Libertine. —­ N. libertine; voluptuary &c. 954a; rake,
debauchee, loose fish, rip, rakehell[obs3], fast man; intrigant[obs3], gallant, seducer, fornicator, lecher, satyr, goat, whoremonger, paillard[obs3], adulterer, gay deceiver, Lothario, Don Juan, Bluebeard[obs3]; chartered libertine.
     adulteress, advoutress[obs3], courtesan, prostitute, strumpet, harlot,
whore, punk, fille de joie[Fr]; woman, woman of the town; streetwalker, Cyprian, miss, piece[Fr]; frail sisterhood; demirep, wench, trollop, trull[obs3], baggage, hussy, drab, bitch, jade, skit, rig, quean[obs3], mopsy[obs3], slut, minx, harridan; unfortunate, unfortunate female, unfortunate woman; woman of easy virtue &c. (unchaste) 961; wanton, fornicatress[obs3]; Jezebel, Messalina, Delilah, Thais, Phryne, Aspasia[obs3], Lais, lorette[obs3], cocotte[obs3], petite dame, grisette[obs3]; demimonde; chippy* [obs3][U.S.]; sapphist[obs3]; spiritual wife; white slave.
     concubine, mistress, doxy[obs3], chere amie[Fr], bona roba[It].
     pimp, procurer; pander, pandar[obs3]; bawd, conciliatrix[obs3],
procuress[obs3], mackerel, wittol|.

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