| 词汇 | adultery |
| 词源 | adultery. Contrary to popular opinion this word is not relat- ed to adult. It can be traced back to the Latin adulterare, “to pollute, to commit adultery,” which also gives us the word adul- terate. Interestingly, the English word adulterate once meant to commit adultery, Shakespeare using it in King John (1596): “She adulterates hourly with thine Uncle John.” |
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