advowtry

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/ədˈvaʊtɹi/

noun

adultery

OriginMiddle English avoutrie ← Old French avouterie ← Late Latin adulterium →
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Meanings

nounadvowtry (countable and uncountable, plural advowtries)

plural advowtries · alternative advoutry · alternative avowtry

  1. archaiccountableobsoleteuncountableadultery

    Then he turned to me and said, "O mortal, we have it in our law that, when the wife committeth advowtry it is lawful for us to slay her."

    1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 13

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
adultery

Origin

  1. Late Latinadulterium
  2. Old Frenchavouterie
  3. Middle Englishavoutrie
  4. Englishadvowtry

From Middle English avoutrie, from Old French avouterie, variant (perhaps influenced by vout, vut (“vow”)) of aouterie, aolterie, from Late Latin adulterium. Doublet of adultery, which replaced it in modern English.

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APA

advowtry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/advowtry

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“advowtry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/advowtry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “advowtry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/advowtry.

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