|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| for·ni·cate [ fáwrni kàyt ] (past and past participle for·ni·cat·ed, present participle for·ni·cat·ing, 3rd person present singular for·ni·cates) |
intransitive verb |
|
| Definition: |
| |
have sex outside marriage: to have sexual intercourse outside marriage
(
formal
)
|
| [Mid-16th century. < ecclesiastical Latin fornicat-, past participle of fornicari< Latin fornic- "arch, brothel" (because prostitutes in Rome solicited under building arches)] |
|
 for·ni·ca·tor noun |
|
|
|
|
