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adultery (iou)



adultery noun. For early forms see ADULTERER. ME.
[Orig. Old French avout(e)rie, formed as ADULTER noun + -Y3; later assim. to Latin.]
Voluntary sexual intercourse of a married person other than with his or her spouse. ME.
b. Occas. extended in biblical and theological use: any irregular sexual intercourse or forbidden marriage; idolatry. LME.
Bible (AV): Jeremiah 3:9 Shee..committed adultery with stones and with stockes.
Adulteration. Only in 17.