whoremongering

[ hawr-mong-ger-ing, -muhng- ]

noun

1. Sometimes whore·mas·ter·y []. sexually licentious behavior, as promiscuity, consorting with prostitutes, etc.; lechery:

   The latest bit of scandalous whoremongering by students is a "Sexfest" at one of the local colleges.

adjective

1. sexually licentious or promiscuous; consorting with prostitutes; lecherous:

   How would you deal with the whoremongering husband who perpetually and unrepentantly cheated on his wife?

Word History and Origins

Origin of whoremongering¹

First recorded in 1680–90; whoremonger ( def ) + -ing ¹( def ) for the noun; whoremonger ( def ) + -ing ²( def ) for the adjective

Example Sentences

Ruefully speaking about their pasts of whoremongering and sister-rumpy-pumpy, they drink to the perils of self-betterment.

From The New Yorker

Well, fill in the blank: heart, courage, entitlement to contested lands, right to be in charge, capacity for alcohol — and for whoremongering and warmongering — and the ability to put a lesser fellow in his place.

From New York Times

The Ladd Devine empire had been established by his grandfather, a boisterous whoremongering outdoors man who drank his bourbon straight from the bottle and cursed a lot.

From Literature

And maybe they brought in Joe Eszterhas to work on the part about Underwood blackmailing a coke-addled, whoremongering, drinking-and-driving colleague into doing his dirty work.

From Slate

This sin is in itself the least grave of the three, since it is not so harmful as whoremongering, nor so enduring as concubinage.

From Project Gutenberg