Middle English Dictionary Entry
meretrix n.
Entry Info
| Forms | meretrix n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A prostitute.
Associated quotations
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)26/12 : Ðider com in gangen hwilon an meretrix ant hire ðær onuppon set unmyndlingæ.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)28/10 : Godes engel..hire to cwæð: 'Sibilla, ðu wære ær meretrix on ðisse worulde, ac þu eart nu godes icorenæ; þu wære ær sibilla ihaten, ðu eart nu susanna inemned.'