释义 |
of easy virtue of easy virtueGiven to sexual promiscuity, especially in exchange for money. A derogatory euphemism said almost exclusively of a woman. Of course, a woman of easy virtue will be the first one to be blamed in such a situation, ostracized and condemned as she already is in the public eye. I think that Lord Stewart is spending time with a lady of easy virtue.See also: easy, of, virtueof easy virtue (of a woman) promiscuous. Easy in the sense of ‘sexually compliant’ is found in Shakespeare 's Cymbeline: ‘Not a whit, Your lady being so easy’.See also: easy, of, virtue |