avowtry

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noun

adultery

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

nounavowtry (usually uncountable, plural avowtries)

plural avowtries · alternative advoutry · alternative advowtry

  1. obsoleteuncountableusuallyadultery

Origin

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

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

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

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

Chicago

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

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