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circumoral (medicine) and brothel (iou)


circumoral (medicine)


circumoral


Synonym: perioral.

Origin: circum-+ L. Os (oris), mouth


brothel (iou)



brothel noun. LME.
[Ult. from Old English breoTan deteriorate, degenerate, of unkn. origin. In sense 3 abbreviation of brothel-house, infl. by and superseding BORDEL.]
A worthless wretch, a good-for-nothing. LME-L16.
A prostitute. LME-E17.
A house where prostitutes work. L16.
Comb.: brothel-creepers slang soft-soled (usu. suede) shoes; brothel-house arch. = sense 3 above.
brotheller noun a whoremonger E17-E19.
brothelly adjective (rare) whorish E17.
brothelry noun (a) arch. lewdness; (b) a brothel: M16.