loretten.
/lɒˈrɛt/ slang.
A courtesan of a class which at one time had its headquarters in the vicinity of the Church of Notre Dame de Lorette in Paris.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute > courtesan
plover1304
pamphelet?a1513
nun?1518
courtesan1549
musk cat?1567
stallion?1578
maiden of joy1585
miniard1598
quail1609
guinea-hena1616
light horsea1627
lady of pleasure1652
lorette1865
oiran1871
1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Sept. 9/2 The brilliant ball given by the aristocracy of the Parisian lorettes—for even lorettism has its aristocracy.
Derivatives
lorettism n. /ləˈrɛtɪz(ə)m/ the condition of life of the lorettes of Paris.
/ləˈrɛtɪz(ə)m/ the condition of life of the lorettes of Paris.ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > condition of being a prostitute > position or condition of courtesan
courtesanism1840
courtesanship1840
lorettism1862
1862 Sat. Rev. 1 Feb. 122/2 No doubt Mr. Coleridge was quite right in saying that Lorettism culminated in Miss Rogers, alias Willoughby.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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n.1862