See Also: gemination(medicine)
gemination(dictionary)

harlot (iou) and gemination (medicine)


harlot (iou)



harlot noun, adjective, & verb. arch. derog. ME.

A. noun.
A vagabond, a beggar, a rogue, a low fellow, a knave. Also, a lecher. ME-M17.
An itinerant jester, buffoon, or juggler; a person who tells or does something to raise a laugh. ME-L15.
A male servant or attendant; a menial. Cf. KNAVE. ME-M16.
A fellow; joc. a good chap. LME-M17.
A kind of pointed boot or shoe worn in the 14th cent. LME-E17.
a. A promiscuous woman (derog.); a prostitute. LME.
E. Amadi Any woman in trousers is a harlot as far as they are concerned.
b. A woman. Long rare or obsolete. L15.
b. attrib. or as adjective. That is a harlot; of or pertaining to a harlot. ME.
C. verb intrans. Behave as or like a harlot; prostitute oneself. M17.

gemination (medicine)


gemination


Embryologic partial division of a primordium. For example, gemination of a single tooth germ results in two partially or completely separated crowns on a single root.

Origin: L. Geminatio, a doubling