Avowtry

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    adultery obsolete, uncountable, usually

Etymology

From Middle English avoutrie, from Old French avouterie, variant (perhaps influenced by vout, vut (“vow”)) of aouterie, aolterie, from Late Latin adulterium. Doublet of adultery, which replaced it in modern English.

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