fornicate

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Etymology

From Latin fornicātus, perfect passive participle to fornicor, from fornix (“arch, vault; brothel”). It was customary for courtesans of the era to wait for their customers out of the rain in arched passageways.

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Adjective

fornicate (comparative more fornicate, superlative most fornicate)

  1. Shaped like an arch or vault; resembling a fornix.

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Verb

fornicate (third-person singular simple present fornicates, present participle fornicating, simple past and past participle fornicated)

  1. (intransitive) To engage in fornication.

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

fornicate

  1. inflection of fornicare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

fornicate f pl

  1. feminine plural of fornicato

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Latin

Participle

fornicāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of fornicātus

Spanish

Verb

fornicate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of fornicar combined with te
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