fornicator

Variant of fornicate

fornicate definition

for·ni·cate (fôr′ni kāt′)

intransitive verb fornicated -·cat′ed, fornicating -·cat′·ing

to commit fornication

Etymology: < LL(Ec) fornicatus, pp. of fornicari, to fornicate < L fornix (gen. fornicis), a brothel, orig., vault < fornus, an oven, akin to fornax, furnace

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