fornicate

Meanings

Adjective

Shaped like an arch or vault; resembling a fornix.

Verb

To engage in fornication.

Origin

From Latin fornicātus, perfect passive participle to fornicor, from fornix. It was customary for courtesans of the era to wait for their customers out of the rain in arched passageways.

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