fornicator
nounUK /ˈfɔː(ɹ).nɪ.keɪ.tə(ɹ)/
Etymology From Middle English fornicatour, from Medieval Latin fornicātor.
1
An unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature.
- Know yee not that the vnrighteous ſhall not inherite the kingdome of God? Be not deceiued: neither fornicatours, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abuſers of themſelues with mankinde, Nor theeues, nor couetous, nor drunkards, nor reuilers, nor extortioners, ſhall inherit the kingdom of God.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 6:9–10, column 1:
- (As for) the fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them, (giving) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for them detain you in the matter of obedience to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the last day, and let a party of believers witness their chastisement.1917, Maulana Muhammad Ali (translator), Qu’ran 24:2
- Related terms
- fornicatress, fornicatresses, fornicatrix, fornicatrices