Strumpet
(noun)
- A woman who engages in promiscuous or immoral sexual behavior.
- A woman who uses her sexuality to manipulate or deceive others, especially men.
- A woman who is considered morally or sexually loose or irresponsible.
Origin:
Derived from the middle english 'strumpete', meaning a woman who is promiscuous or sexually loose.
Examples:
- The villagers whispered that the new arrival was a strumpet, a woman of loose morals who would bring scandal and ruin to the town.
- The handsome young man was warned by his friends that the beautiful woman he was seeing was a strumpet, a woman who would use him for his money and then discard him.
- The strumpet was notorious for her many affairs, and was the subject of much gossip and speculation in the town.
- The strumpet was finally exposed when it was revealed that she had been using her sexuality to obtain secrets and information from wealthy and powerful men.
- The strumpet was shunned by polite society, and was forced to live a life of poverty and disgrace.