Meanings
plural Athanasian wenches
- archaicslangA sexually promiscuous or loose woman, willing to have sexual intercourse with anybody.
Villon gently cooled her impatience. "Hush, hush, my girl! There are many kinds of love, as you ought to know well enough. I am a rogue and a vagabond, no less, and so sometimes I love you and other such Athanasian wenches; Isabeau there and Jehanneton."
1901, Justin Huntly McCarthy, If I were king, page 351 more example
Of course I couldn't stop myself — for I was an Athanasian wench who said Quicunque vult and Amen to everything — stop myself from thinking What an ugly cock this Fridolin must have, some primitive weapon, an iguana-headed […] crude killing thing, a bulldog's kisser at the end of a pick handle.
ca 1980, Peter Klappert, Satan Who Is Most Noisy When He Whispers, published in Idiot Princess of the Last Dynasty. New York: Knopf in 1984 →ISBNSynonyms: Quicumque vult
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA sexually promiscuous or loose woman, willing to have sexual intercourse with anybody.
Origin
The first words of the Athanasian Creed are, in Latin, "Quicunque vult (salvus esse...)", "whoever wants to (be saved...)".
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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