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meretricio

adjective

meretricious (pertaining to prostitutes)

Borrowed from Latin meretrīcius (“meretricious”), from meretrīx (“harlot, prostitute”), from mereō (“earn, deserve, merit”).

noun, masculineplural: meretricios

prostitution

Borrowed from Latin meretrīcius (“meretricious”), from meretrīx (“harlot, prostitute”), from mereō (“earn, deserve, merit”).