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Definition brothel

Etymology 1

Short for brothel-house (“house of prostitution”), from brothel (“a wretch; scoundrel; lecher; harlot; prostitute”) + house. For more on brothel (“a wretch”), see below.

Noun

brothel (plural brothels)

1. A house of prostitution.

Etymology 2

Middle English brothel, brodel, brodelle, brethel (“a wretch, a depraved man or woman”) (compare also Middle English bretheling (“a wretch”)), apparently from an unrecorded Old English *br?oþel (“degenerative, corruptive”), related to Old English ?br?oþan (“to unsettle, degrade, ruin, frustrate, degenerate, deteriorate, fall away”); Old English ?broþen (“degenerate, base, trifling”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *breuþan? (“to fall apart; crumble”).

Noun

brothel (plural brothels)

1. (obsolete) A wretch; a depraved or lewd person.

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