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English
Etymology
From whore + -ish.
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Adjective
whorish (comparative more whorish, superlative most whorish)
- (vulgar) Resembling or befitting a whore.
- Synonyms: hookerish, meretricious, sluttery, slutlike, sluttish, slutty, tartish, tarty, trampy, whorey, whorelike
Some pop singers try to compensate for lack of talent with whorish outfits and gyrations.
c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:You, like a lecher, out of whorish loins / Are pleased to breed out your inheritors:
2005 March 13, Denny Lee, quoting Vince, “Looking for Mr. Right Now”, in New York Times, retrieved 19 November 2016:Vince, a natty 23-year-old financial analyst from Hoboken, made no bones about his agenda. "I love it here, it's so whorish," he said.
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