Strumpetry
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Whoredom; prostitution. uncountable
"However, these abandoned women had other prospects besides mere strumpetry […]"
- 2 Behaviour suited to a strumpet; brazenness, sluttishness. uncountable
"“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."
Example
More examples"However, these abandoned women had other prospects besides mere strumpetry […]"
Etymology
From strumpet + -ry.