Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

strumpetry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: strum-petry
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Whoredom; prostitution.

Uncountable

noun

Behaviour suited to a strumpet; brazenness, sluttishness.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"However, these abandoned women had other prospects besides mere strumpetry […]"
"[…] how capitalism had taken young male proletarians to be slaughtered in wars for markets and how their sisters were thrust into strumpetry."
"“Political itching"—a reference, perhaps, to the duchess's notorious political and sexual intriguing, and carrying the implicit suggestion that her strumpetry led to her contraction of “the itch," or venereal disease."

Etymology

From strumpet + -ry.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does strumpetry mean?: Whoredom; prostitution.
Where does strumpetry come from?: From strumpet + -ry.

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