fornicate

adjective

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː.nɪ.kət/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹ.nɪ.kət/

verb

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː.nɪˌkeɪt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹ.nɪˌkeɪt/

First attested in 1552; borrowed from Latin fornicātus, perfect active participle of fornicor (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fornix (“arch, vault; brothel”). It was customary for courtesans of the era to wait for their customers out of the rain in arched passageways.

fornicate (third-person singular simple present fornicates, present participle fornicating, simple past and past participle fornicated)

1. (intransitive) To engage in fornication.

• have sex, make love, seduce; see also Thesaurus:copulate

First attested in 1828; from fornix +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

fornicate (comparative more fornicate, superlative most fornicate)

1. (especially biology) Shaped like an arch or vault; resembling a fornix.

• fornicated

• factioner, fornacite, refaction

fornicate

1. inflection of fornicare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

fornicate f pl

1. feminine plural of fornicato

• conferita, farnetico, farneticò, inforcate, nefrotica

fornicāte

1. vocative masculine singular of fornicātus

fornicate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of fornicar combined with te