fornaguera
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Old Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin fornicāria, feminine of fornicārius (“fornicator”), from fornix (“brothel”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fornaguera f (plural fornagueras)
- prostitute, a promiscuous or fornicating woman
- Synonym: putana
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 70r:
- Comienco q́ fablo nŕo ſenor aoſee dixo nŕo ſeńor aoſee ue eprent mugier fornaguera e faz fijos de fornicacion que fornicar fornicara la tŕa
- It began that Our Lord spoke to Hosea, and Our Lord said to Hosea, “Go and take a fornicating woman and have children of fornication, for fornication will fornicate the land.”