English
lorette
Lorette comes from French lorette ‘loose woman, lorette’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlorette‘loose woman, lorette’
- Englishearliest quotation 1925same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Frenchc. 1600–presentlorette‘loose woman, lorette’
- Englishearliest quotation 1925same form
Earliest quotation: 1925, Stanley John Weyman, XVIII The Disclosure: “Wife or mistress, lorette or lady, there is but…”
Every English word from French lorette
Today it means
noun A woman of low morals, especially associated with the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette district of Paris.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French lorette / lorette