Definitions for adulteries

adulteries a·dul·ter·y

Spelling: [uh-duhl-tuh-ree]
IPA: /əˈdʌl tə ri/

Adulteries is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 1072 anagrams from letters in adulteries (adeeilrstu).

Definitions for adulteries

noun

  1. voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her lawful spouse.

Origin of adulteries

1325-75; Middle English adulterie Latin adulterium, equivalent to adulter (see adulterer) + -ium -ium; replacing Middle English a(d)voute

Examples for adulteries

She often seeks divorce, even when adultery has not taken place.

Pounding is charged with one count each of assault, adultery, and conduct unbecoming an officer.

adultery does not of itself entail the dissolution of marriage.

She told me once that it was better to talk about adultery than to commit it!

The opera is a dark and passionate tale of adultery and greed.

Typically, adultery charges are added to cases where there have been other offenses.

If there are children by this adultery, he will provide for them.

Like the women in the sack of Ismail, they sit them down and watch for the adultery to begin.

It also contains some clunky passages of adultery, temptations of the flesh, and general sexual awkwardness.

Then I think of the great writers of suburban misery (and drinking, and adultery), Updike and Cheever.

Word Value for adulteries
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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