Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
whoreson. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
whoreson, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
whoreson in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
whoreson you have here. The definition of the word
whoreson will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
whoreson, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From Middle English horesone, hureson (also horessone, hores sone), equivalent to whore + son. Compare Dutch hoerenzoon, German Hurensohn (“whoreson”).
Pronunciation
Noun
whoreson (plural whoresons)
- (obsolete, archaic) Often used as a term of abuse: an illegitimate or misbegotten child born of unwed parents.
c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. (First Quarto), London: W W for Cutbert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC; republished as Shakspere’s Loves Labours Lost (Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles; no. 5), London: W Griggs, , , →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:Ah, you whoreſon loggerhead, you were borne to do me ſhame.
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Though this knave came something saucily to the world before he was sent for, yet was his mother fair, there was good sport at his making, and the whoreson must be acknowledged.
- (literally) The son of a whore.
- Ploughing whoreson!
Synonyms
Descendants
Translations
illegitimate child
— see also bastardAdjective
whoreson (not comparable)
- (obsolete) mean; base; worthless