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单词 stuprous
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stuprousadj.

Brit. /ˈstjuːprəs/, /ˈstʃuːprəs/, U.S. /ˈst(j)uprəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin stuprōsus.
Etymology: < classical Latin stuprōsus unchaste, lascivious, corrupt < stuprum stupre n. + -ōsus -ous suffix.Compare Italian stuproso (14th cent.).
Now rare (historical in later use).
Corrupt, immoral; that defiles or has been defiled; esp. of, relating to, or engaging in illicit sexual activity; unchaste, adulterous, lascivious.In quot. 1603 with reference to the surrender of a beautiful young woman from a besieged city to the commander of the enemy force in order to save the city.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [adjective] > unchaste or sexually compliant (of women)
strumpeta1382
jadish1573
comingc1576
short heeled1591
loose in the hilts1598
loose-legged1598
loose-tailed1598
light-tailed1600
overscutched1600
stuprous1603
light-skirted1607
brothelly1608
light-heeled1611
wagtailed1648
loose-hilteda1652
feather-heeleda1674
loose-gowneda1717
frank1744
shake-tail1782
(a woman) of a certain description1803
hetaeric1868
round-heeled1926
floozy?1930
trampy1944
slack1951
slaggy1973
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xxxiii. 418 [Her father] seeing himselfe engaged in so stuprous a necessity [Fr. en si villaine necessité], resolved vpon an haughtie enterprize.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Stuprous, corrupt, naught, given to Adultery or Whoredom, whoreish.
1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Stuprous, adulterous.
1894 L. Ginnell Brehon Laws 214 The laws recognised three relations between men and women.., the third being distinctly stuprous and of itself scarcely conferring any right.
2002 H.-F. Mueller Rom. Relig. in Valerius Maximus 131 If stuprous Vestals cannot perform rituals, then the ritual must participate in the general construction of their moral code.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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