FORNICATION – ENGLISH ETYMOLOGY
(More On This Subject)
Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 1997, p. 459, “fornicate”:
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, 1897, p. 2340:
Slang and Euphemism, Spears, 1982, p. 152, “fornix”:
P. 192, “harlot”:
The World Book Dictionary, 1971, p. 828:
Composition of Scientific Words: A manual of methods and a lexicon of materials for the practice of logotechnics, Brown, 1956, p. 98, “arc; arch”:
The New Century Dictionary of the English Language, Emery / Brewster, 1952, vol. 1, p. 605, “fornicate”:
An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, Skeat, 1983, p. 223, “FORNICATE”:
The Oxford English Dictionary, 1989:
Words On Words: A Dictionary for Writers and Others Who Care About Words, Bremner, Columbia University Press, 1980, p. 168:
Oxford Universal English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 1937, vol. 4, p. 739, “Fornicate”:
The Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases, Fennell, 1964, p. 400, “fornicator”:
An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, 1967, Earnest Weekley, Vol. 1, p. 591:
A Concise Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, Earnest Weekley, 1924, p. 328:
The Scribner-Bantam English Dictionary, 1977, p. 360:
Longmans English Larousse, 1968, p. 431:
The International Encyclopaedic Dictionary, 1901, p. 1903:
Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American Language, Second College Edition, 1982, Guralnik, p. 549, “fornicate”:
Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of the English Language: International Edition, 1966, p. 497, “fornicate”:
Webster’s New World Dictionary of the English Language: Concise Edition, 1959, p. 295, “fornicate”:
In case you don’t know what a “brothel” Is:
Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary, 1993, p. 88, “brothel”:
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary: Home & Office Edition, 1998, p. 65, “brothel”:
http://www.answers.com/prostitution, Wikipedia, “Types of prostitution”:
Brothels are establishments specifically dedicated to prostitution
The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary, Achtemeier, 1996, p. 404, “harlot”:
The Faber Dictionary of Euphemisms, Holder, 1989, p. 121, “fornicate”:
Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary, 1993, p. 287, “forn…”:
The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology, 1988, p. 402, “fornication”:
A Biblical and Theological Dictionary, Richard Watson, 1832, p. 285:
Chambers English Dictionary, 1988, p. 558, “fornicate”:
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language (Unabridged), 1986, p. 894:
P. 472, “concubine”:
Good news for those “living in sin.”
The Oxford English Dictionary, 1989:
Subtle corruption:
Dictionary publishers’ research is unbiased. That is, they are to tell it as the public uses it. Therefore, words can add or change meanings (e.g., fornication). Particularly, when advantageous, religious leaders will group and pressure dictionary publishers to modify a meaning, which is apparently easily accomplished. Legal authorities can make their own definitions in statutes, and dictionary publishers will conform. However, many times etymologies are given which tell the true story.
Today prostitute / prostitution is not even listed in as a synonym of fornication:
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus in Dictionary Form, 1999, p. 349, “forn…”:
Nor is it even in those concepts.