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bordello

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Noun
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bor=del=lo

CIDE DICTIONARY

bordellon. [F. bordel, orig. a little hut, OF. borde hut, cabin, of German origin, and akin to E. board,n.See. Board, n.].
     A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution.  B. Jonson.  [1913 Webster]
bordellon. 
     a building where prostitutes are available for hire; a brothel.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bordello, n. (pl. -os) esp. US a brothel.

Etymology
ME (f. It. bordello) f. OF bordel small farm, dimin. of borde ult. f. Frank.: see BOARD

THESAURUS

bordello

bagnio, bawdy house, bawdyhouse, brothel, cathouse, clip joint, crib, den, den of thieves, den of vice, disorderly house, dive, dump, fleshpots, gyp joint, hole, house of assignation, house of joy, house of prostitution, joint, lair, panel den, panel house, red-light district, sink of iniquity, sporting house, stew, stews, tenderloin, whorehouse

ROGET THESAURUS

bordello

Impurity

N impurity, uncleanness, immodesty, grossness, indelicacy, indecency, impudicity, obscenity, ribaldry, Fescennine, smut, bawdry, double entente, equivoque, concupiscence, lust, carnality, flesh, salacity, pruriency, lechery, lasciviency, lubricity, Sadism, sapphism, incontinence, intrigue, faux pas, amour, amourette, gallantry, debauchery, libertinish, libertinage, fornication, liaison, wenching, venery, dissipation, seduction, defloration, defilement, abuse, violation, rape, incest, prostitution, social evil, harlotry, stupration, whoredom, concubinage, cuckoldom, adultery, advoutry, crim, con, free love, seraglio, harem, brothel, bagnio, stew, bawdyhouse, cat house, lupanar, house of ill fame, bordel, bordello, impure, unclean, not to be mentioned to ears polite, immodest, shameless, indecorous, indelicate, indecent, Fescennine, loose, risque, coarse, gross, broad, free, equivocal, smutty, fulsome, ribald, obscene, bawdy, pornographic, concupiscent, prurient, lickerish, rampant, lustful, carnal, carnal-minded, lewd, lascivious, lecherous, libidinous, erotic, ruttish, salacious, Paphian, voluptuous, goatish, must, musty, unchaste, light, wanton, licentious, debauched, dissolute, of loose character, of easy virtue, frail, gay, riggish, incontinent, meretricious, rakish, gallant, dissipated, no better than she should be, on the town, on the streets, on the pave, on the loose, adulterous, incestuous, bestial.


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