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fornicator

fornicator

9 8.2
Someone who has sex with someone they are not married to
  • noun
  • /ˈfɔrnɪˌkeɪtər/
  • NSFW
translation icon : fornicador
  • I know now that I was an addict, a thief, an armed robber, a liar, a fornicator, and a dealer.

So disobedient to parents, liar, adulterer, fornicator, putting anything above God.

Examples

  • She is a fornicator with a monstrous lust.

    Mary Queen of Scots (2018)

  • What's your view on adulterers, fornicators, drunkards, or prostitutes?

    Blog text (4)

  • And I said, "Lord, Lord, I am a fornicator.

    We're No Angels (1989)

  • Yeah, but I'm a fornicator.

    Patriots Day (2016)

  • I still feel for you, anonymous, even if you are a fornicator.

    Blog text (2)

  • So does that mean people married before a court are fornicators?

    Blog text (22)

  • So disobedient to parents, liar, adulterer, fornicator, putting anything above God.

    Shawn Ryan Show

  • Moreover, to the question of whether you were a habitual fornicator, you answered negatively on the application form.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Sinners and fornicators!

    I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)

  • He revealed himself to be a fornicator after confessing to his extramarital affairs.

Synonyms

fornicatress
vsfornicator
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A woman who has sex with someone she is not married to

applies to any person regardless of gender rather than only women

How Formal

adulterer
  • NSFW
21 6.8
fornicator
  • NSFW
9 8.2
lover
614 1.0
sex-haver
  • NSFW
9.9

Surface Forms

fornicator singular
fornicators plural

Morphology

fornicator = fornicate (transparent) = fornicate + or

Clear agentive formation: '-or' attaches to the verb 'fornicate' to mean 'a person who fornicates'.

Etymology

Fornicator comes from the Latin fornicare, from fornix meaning 'arch'. In old Rome, some places for prostitutes stood under these arches, so the word came to mean someone who has sex outside marriage.