English

Alternative forms

• fornicatour (obsolete)

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 (KJV), Corinthians-Chapter-6/#9–10 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.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:libertine

Related terms

• fornacatrix, fornacatrices f (very rare)
• fornicatress, fornicatresses f (very rare)

Translations

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /for.niˈkaː.tor/

Noun

fornicātor m ‎(genitive fornicātōris); third declension

1. fornicator (male)

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• fornicatrix

Descendants

• Italian: fornicatore

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fornicator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

1. ↑ “fornicare” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2