scortatory

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/skɔːˈteɪtəɹi/

adjective

Pertaining to scortation; fornicatory, lewd.

OriginLatin scortātōrius →
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Meanings

adjectivescortatory (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining to scortation; fornicatory, lewd.

    Twenty years he dallied there between conjugal love and its chaste delights and scortatory love and its foul pleasures.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 9: Scylla and Charybdis]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 193

Origin

  1. Latinscortātōrius
  2. Englishscortatory

Borrowed from Latin scortātōrius, from scortātor.

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APA

scortatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scortatory

MLA

“scortatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scortatory. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scortatory,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scortatory.

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