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Word: Adultery
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from the obsolete noun adulter, from Latin adulter ‘adulterer’, replacing an earlier form avoutrie, from Anglo-Norman French avouterie
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈdʌlt(ə)ri
Dialects: British English
Definition:
voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse
Short Definition:voluntary sexual intercourse between married person and person who is not their spouse
Examples:- she was committing adultery with a much younger man
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