Middle English Dictionary Entry
adulterī n.
Entry Info
| Forms | adulterī n. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Adultery.
Associated quotations
- c1415 Chaucer CT.Mch.(Lnsd 851)E.1435 : Than scholde I lede my lyf in adultrie.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)9/283 : The xxti pagent of a woman xal be þe which was take in Adultrye.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.227 : Lamech..inducede firste bigamy, and so adultery [Trev.: spousebreche] ageyne the lawe of God and of nature.