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noun

The definition of a whore is a name for someone who participates in sexual acts in exchange for money.

An example of whore is what one might call Julia Roberts' character at the beginning of Pretty Woman.

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whore

prostitute
any woman who engages in promiscuous sexual intercourse

Origin of whore

Middle English hore from Old English from or akin to Old Norse hora from Indo-European base an unverified form k?-, to like, be fond of, desire from source Classical Latin carus, dear, precious, Latvian k?rs, lecherous

intransitive verb

whored, whor′ing

to be a whore
to have sexual intercourse with whores

whore Idioms

whore after

to debase oneself by pursuing something unworthy or in an unworthy manner

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whore

noun

A prostitute.
Often Offensive A person considered sexually promiscuous.
A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain.

intransitive verb

whored, whor·ing, whores

To associate or have sexual relations with prostitutes or a prostitute.
To accept payment in exchange for sexual relations.
To compromise one's principles for personal gain.

Phrasal Verbs: whore out To compromise one's principles for personal gain.To offer (oneself or another) for sexual activity in exchange for money or personal gain.To exploit (someone or something) crassly or unscrupulously for personal gain.

Origin of whore

Middle English hore from Old English hōre ; see kā- in Indo-European roots.

Word History: Derivatives of Indo-European roots have often acquired starkly contrasting meanings. A prime example is the case of the root *kā-, “to like, desire.” From it was derived a stem *kāro-, from which came the prehistoric Common Germanic word *hōraz with the underlying meaning “one who desires” and the effective meaning “adulterer.” The feminine of this, *hōrōn-, became hōre in Old English, the ancestor of Modern English whore. In another branch of the Indo-European family, the same stem *kāro- produced the Latin word cārus, “dear.” This word has several derivatives borrowed into English, including caress, cherish, and charity, in Christian doctrine the highest form of love and the greatest of the theological virtues. • Another derivative of the root *kā- in Indo-European was *kāmo-, a descendant of which is the Sanskrit word for “love,” kāmah, appearing in the name of the most famous treatise on love and lovemaking, the Kamasutra.

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Noun

(plural whores)

(vulgar) A prostitute.
(vulgar, pejorative) A person who is considered to be sexually promiscuous (see also: slut).
(vulgar) A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
(vulgar) A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
(vulgar) A contemptible person.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present whores, present participle whoring, simple past and past participle whored)

(intransitive, vulgar) To prostitute oneself.
(intransitive, vulgar) To engage the services of a prostitute.
(vulgar) To pimp; to pander.
(intransitive, vulgar) To pursue false gods.
(intransitive, vulgar) To pursue false goals.

Anagrams

hower
how're

Origin

From Old English hÅre, from Proto-Germanic *hÅrÇ, from Proto-Indo-European *kÄro- (“dear"); cognate with Old Norse hÃ³ra (“whore"), hÃ³rr (“adulterer"), German Hure (“whore"), Middle High German huore, Old High German huora, Dutch hoer. Non-Germanic cognates include Latin cÄrus (“dear"), Albanian koj (“to feed, lure, bribe") and Sanskrit à¤•à¤¾à¤® (kÄma, “love").