Standard Lemma guide
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Relating to prostitutes or prostitution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Qualifier: now rarely productive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Of, pertaining to, or constituting pornography.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perh2-der. Proto-Hellenic *pórnē Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē)der. English porno- From πορν- (porn-), the stem of the Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē, “prostitute”). Sense 2 from porno(graphy) and porno(grapher), both ultimately also from πόρνη (pórnē, “prostitute”).
