Dictionary entry

Harlotry

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Har″lot‐ry (–ry̆), n. 1. Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story. Piers Plowman.Chaucer.

2. The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness. Dryden.

3. Anything meretricious; as, harlotry in art.

4. A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage.

He sups to-night with a harlotry. Shak.