courtesanal

comparative more courtesanal · superlative most courtesanal

1. Of or relating to a courtesan

   In another genre of tourism, the book of customs, Franco appeared in the Mores Italiae of 1575, with carefully-coiffed hair but otherwise naked, in what may be an entirely fanciful body map of her charms, accompanying other scenes of courtesanal seduction and views of the city.

   1995, Patricia Simmons, “Portraiture, Portrayal and Idealization”, in Language and Images of Renaissance Italy, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 298

   Synonyms: courtesanly