Meanings
alternative lupinarian
- not comparablePertaining to a brothel or prostitution; characteristic of illicit sexual desire or activity.
1 more example
Le Populaire told what at least was wrong with Saigon; a feature story headlined Saigon as "THE CHICAGO OF THE FAR EAST" and described it as complete with lupanarian dance halls and dens of vice and a Hotel Continental whose French boss had apparently just celebrated with a champagne dinner his second billion francs of profit.
1950 July 1, Janet Flanner, “Letter from Paris”, in The New Yorker
Origin
From Latin lupanar ("brothel"), from lupa ("prostitute"; literally "she-wolf"), from lupus ("wolf").
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