Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Aprostitute; a harlot.
- noun [capitalized] [NL.] A genus of bivalves: same as
Cytherea .
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Examples
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I eagerly await the revival of the word 'meretrix'.
Sadly, No! 2008
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According to the meretrix. com, which parsed extensive National Transportation Safety Board accident data with Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association data: Driving results in 1.47 fatalities per 100 million miles; Airlines are responsible for 1.57 fatalities per 100 million miles.
Keith Thomson: Which is Safer: The Drive to the Airport or the Flight? 2009
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According to the meretrix. com, which parsed extensive National Transportation Safety Board accident data with Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association data: Driving results in 1.47 fatalities per 100 million miles; Airlines are responsible for 1.57 fatalities per 100 million miles.
Keith Thomson: Which is Safer: The Drive to the Airport or the Flight? 2009
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According to the meretrix. com, which parsed ex ...
Keith Thomson: Which is Safer: The Drive to the Airport or the Flight? 2009
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According to the meretrix. com, which parsed extensive National Transportation Safety Board accident data with Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association data: Driving results in 1.47 fatalities per 100 million miles; Airlines are responsible for 1.57 fatalities per 100 million miles.
Keith Thomson: Which is Safer: The Drive to the Airport or the Flight? 2009
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According to the meretrix. com, which parsed ex ...
Keith Thomson: Which is Safer: The Drive to the Airport or the Flight? 2009
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And the other of a tawdry and repulsive 21st Century meretrix:
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And for urine, that is meretrix medicorum, the most deceitful thing of all, as
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Si genetrix caste, caste quoque filia vivit; si meretrix mater, filia talis erit.
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Quid enim meretrix nisi juventutis expilatrix, virorum rapina seu mors; patrimonii devoratrix, honoris pernicies, pabulum diaboli, janua mortis, inferni supplementum?
innanja commented on the word meretrix
Registered prostitute in Ancient Rome.
January 17, 2008
rolig commented on the word meretrix
hence, "meretricious", meaning attractive but with little real depth or character.
January 18, 2008
shevek commented on the word meretrix
MereTrix: The Sexy Cereal
July 20, 2008