fornicate

From Latin fornicātus, perfect passive participle to fornicor, 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.

Adjective

• (Received Pronunciation), IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː.nɪ.kət/
• (General American), IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹ.nɪ.kət/

Verb

• (Received Pronunciation), IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː.nɪˌkeɪt/
• (General American), IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹ.nɪˌkeɪt/

fornicate (comparative more fornicate, superlative most fornicate)

1. Shaped like an arch or vault; resembling a fornix.

• fornicated
• fornicate gyrus

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

1. (intransitive) To commit fornication.

• fornicated
• fornicator

• factioner, fornacite, refaction

fornicate

1. second-person plural present indicative of fornicare
2. second-person plural imperative of fornicare
3. feminine plural of fornicato

• conferita, farnetico, farneticò, inforcate, nefrotica

fornicāte

1. vocative masculine singular of fornicātus