hoerenzoon
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Dutch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- hoerezoon (superseded)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch hoerensone, first attested as a gloss for manzer, i.e. mamzer.[1] Equivalent to hoer (“whore, hooker”) + -en- (interfix) + zoon (“son”). Compare English whoreson, German Hurensohn and the rare West Frisian huorresoan, which is perhaps calqued from the Dutch.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hoerenzoon m (plural hoerenzonen, diminutive hoerenzoontje n)
- (derogatory, vulgar) whoreson, son of a bitch (despicable man)
- (literally) son of a whore, whoreson (son of a usually female prostitute)
Hypernyms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “hoerensone”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
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