Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lupanarian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lu-pa-nari-an
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a brothel or prostitution; characteristic of illicit sexual desire or activity.

Example Sentences

"Le Populaire told what at least was wrong with Saigon; a feature story headlined Saigon as "THE CHICAGO OF THE FAR EAST" and described it as complete with lupanarian dance halls and dens of vice and a Hotel Continental whose French boss had apparently just celebrated with a champagne dinner his second billion francs of profit."

Etymology

From Latin lupanar ("brothel"), from lupa ("prostitute"; literally "she-wolf"), from lupus ("wolf").

Inflected Forms

lupinarian (alternative)

Questions

What does lupanarian mean?: Pertaining to a brothel or prostitution; characteristic of illicit sexual desire or activity.
Where does lupanarian come from?: From Latin lupanar ("brothel"), from lupa ("prostitute"; literally "she-wolf"), from lupus ("wolf").

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