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avoutere — avouter(e etc., obs. form of adulter, etc … Useful english dictionary
adultery — [14] Neither adultery nor the related adulterate have any connection with adult. Both come ultimately from the Latin verb adulterāre ‘debauch, corrupt’ (which may have been based on Latin alter ‘other’, with the notion of pollution from some… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
adultery — [14] Neither adultery nor the related adulterate have any connection with adult. Both come ultimately from the Latin verb adulterāre ‘debauch, corrupt’ (which may have been based on Latin alter ‘other’, with the notion of pollution from some… … Word origins
adulterer — /euh dul teuhr euhr/, n. a person who commits adultery. [1350 1400; earlier adulter adulterer ( < L, back formation from adulterare to defile; see ADULTERATE) + ER1; r. ME avouter, avoutrer < OF < L] * * * … Universalium
adulterer — (n.) early 15c., earlier avouter (c.1300), avoutrer (late 14c.), agent noun from obsolete verb adulter commit adultery; adulterate (late 14c.), from L. adulterare to corrupt (see ADULTERATION (Cf. adulteration)) … Etymology dictionary
adulterer — [ə dul′tər ər] n. [altered, after L adulterare, from ME avowterer, avouter < OFr avoutre < avoutrer, to commit adultery < L adulterare: see ADULTERATE] a person (esp. a man) guilty of adultery … English World dictionary
