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fleshpot

fleshpot

1 9.9
A place where people go for luxury and sexual pleasure
  • noun
  • /ˈflɛʃˌpɑt/
  • NSFW
translation icon : lugar de placeres
  • The newly opened restaurant is one of the fleshpots in town, known for its exquisite dining experience and vibrant atmosphere.
  • the fleshpots of Egypt

Examples

  • Many tourists flock to the fleshpots of the city, eager to indulge in its nightlife and luxurious offerings.

  • After such fleshpots, what better for us than a spell recovering our spirits in the desert?

    Academic text (1991)

  • Before I return to the fleshpots, which I shall be very glad to do, may I put two questions to you, straight?

    Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

  • I have enjoyed the fleshpots of life and denied its realities.

    Star! (1968)

  • Some came to the city to sample the fleshpots and rest in other sorts of bosoms.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Terry's drawn to dives and fleshpots, the world's dark places.

    Stardust (2020)

  • You're dwelling in the fleshpots of egypt tonight, jimmy.

    The Toast of New York (1937)

  • American blacks, like the ancient Hebrews, had come to "prefer the 'fleshpots of Egypt' to the ordeals of emancipation."

    Academic text (2003)

  • The fleshpots of Nana and Soi Cowboy are also just off Sukhumvit, as are plenty of more (or less) salubrious bars.

    Blog text (16)

  • According to those who knew him in this period, Clinton abandoned his long vow of alcoholic abstinence and drifted into the hippie lifestyle as he discovered the delights of the fleshpots of the Old World.

    Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

brothel
vsfleshpot
  • NSFW
77 6.3

A place where people pay to have sex with prostitutes

focuses on luxurious sensual pleasures rather than exclusively paid sexual encounters
bordello
vsfleshpot
  • NSFW
9 9.6

A building where people pay to have sex

is about indulgent luxury and sensual pleasure not limited to paid sex
pleasure house
vsfleshpot
  • Offensive
9.5

A place where adults go for gambling or sexual services

is broader focused on luxurious sensual indulgence rather than specific entertainments

Antonyms

self-denial
4 5.7

Choosing not to have something you want for moral, religious, or unselfish reasons

asceticism
  • Formal
3 9.4

A way of living with very strict self-control that avoids pleasure for religious or spiritual reasons

How Indulgent

den of iniquity
  • NSFW
2 9.1
brothel
  • NSFW
77 6.3
pleasure house
  • Offensive
9.5
fleshpot
  • NSFW
1 9.9
resort
247 1.1

Surface Forms

fleshpot singular
fleshpots plural

Morphology

fleshpot = flesh + pot (semi-transparent) = flesh + pot

Both components are recognizable, but 'pot' here is used figuratively to mean a place of abundance or indulgence, giving the compound an idiomatic sense.

Etymology

Fleshpot is made of the simple parts flesh and pot and originally meant a 'meat pot'—a place serving rich food, an image used in the Bible for easy luxury. So, a fleshpot today means a place of pleasure and indulgence, often with a sense of vice or bad behaviour.