See Also: Harlot(medicine)
harlot(dictionary)
harlot(dictionary)

ovoid (iou) and Harlot (medicine)


ovoid (iou)



ovoid adjective & noun. E19.

Chiefly Zoology & Botany.
A. adjective. Resembling an egg; (of a solid) egg-shaped; (of a plane figure) oval with one end more pointed than the Other. E19.
b. noun. An ovoid body or figure. M19.
o'voidal adjective = OVOID adjective L18.

Harlot (medicine)


harlot


1. A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth. "He was a gentle harlot and a kind." (Chaucer)

2. A person given to low conduct; a rogue; a cheat; a rascal.

3. A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common woman; a strumpet.

Origin: OE.harlot, herlot, a vagabond, OF. Harlot, herlot, arlot; cf. Pr. Arlot, Sp. Arlote, It. Arlotto; of uncertain origin.

Source: Websters Dictionary