lupanar

[ loo-pey-ner, -pah- ]

noun

1. a brothel; whorehouse.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lupanar¹

1860–65; < Latin lupānar, derivative of lupa prostitute, literally, she-wolf

Example Sentences

Among its amenities: a large garden, a spacious restaurant complete with indoor latrines and nearby—close enough to warrant a sign in front of the bar that warned against loitering—the Grand Lupanar, a popular brothel.

From Wall Street Journal

Other highlights of the ruins include Lupanar, a brothel — wall frescoes here depict what was on offer back then — and the House of the Small Fountain, which features a gracious design.

From Seattle Times

Other highlights of the ruins include Lupanar, a brothel — wall frescoes here depict what was on offer back then — and the House of the Small Fountain, which features a gracious design.

From Seattle Times

For her outspoken language and forcible diction, wherein, however, she always preserved so much modesty, and for her realism which described things and feelings as they are, but without going into revolting details, we have those lusciously suggestive epithets and those unveiled presentations of the sexual instinct which seem to make the world one large lupanar.

From Project Gutenberg

The following thought sprang up in his head: Perhaps Desmarais had learned of the consequences of the debauchery of Louis XV; perhaps he knew that Victoria had been held in the lupanar in King Louis's "Doe Park," and had later been imprisoned in the Repentant Women.

From Project Gutenberg