fornicator

Alternative forms

• fornicatour (obsolete)

Etymology

fornicate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɔː(ɹ).nɪ.keɪ.tə(ɹ)/

Noun

fornicator (plural fornicators)

1. (pejorative) An unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature.
   • 1611, Bible (King James Version), 1 Corinthians 6:9–10:

     Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Qu’ran 24:2, M.H. Shakir translation.

     (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.

Etymology

Derived from fornicor (“to fornicate”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /for.niˈkaː.tor/, [fɔr.nɪˈkaː.tɔr]

Noun

fornicātor m (genitive fornicātōris); third declension

1. fornicator (male)

References

• fornicator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fornicator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fornicator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette