to fornicate
- verb
- /ˈfɔrnɪˌkeɪt/
- NSFW
- They decided to fornicate during their weekend getaway at the beach.
- fornicate with the devil
That great grandmother I'd like to fornicate onward.
- That great grandmother I'd like to fornicate onward.
- I left that Pete was about to fornicate those strange women and we can't have that in our company and Everett loudly yells.
Examples
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Why don't they just fornicate someplace else?
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You say to him, "What's the difference between fornicating and masturbating?"
Fiction book (1993) -
My rule is, "find 'em, fornicate and forget 'em."
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You picked the wrong guy's girl to fornicate with!
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Father Jack, she was about to fornicate with her boyfriend.
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You can be sure that I understand clearly that you fornicated with that boy.
Fiction book (1996) -
The passion grew between you, and today you have fornicated three times.
Fiction book (1993) -
But look at King David, a good man whose mind was set on fornicating.
Fiction book (1995) -
I've never fornicated in my life.
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Parents were understandably outraged to note that the couple had been fornicating in front of their children.
Blog text (22)
Synonyms
To touch each other's private parts for physical pleasure
To have sex with someone
To have sex with someone who is not your partner
To have sex with someone who is not your partner
To have physical contact with someone for pleasure, usually in a casual way
To have sex with someone
Antonyms
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fornicate comes from the Latin fornix, which first meant 'arch' and later was used for a 'brothel' because sex workers often met clients under arches. So, fornicate came to mean 'to have sexual intercourse with someone who is not your spouse'.