英语词汇meretricious的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	meretricious
词源	meretricious. The Latin root of meretricious, meaning “taw- dry, gaudy, deceitful,” is meretrix, “whore.” The English word first meant “pertaining to a prostitute,” taking on its later mean- ings because prostitutes often dressed gaudily and were deceitful.
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