fornicate

• POS: Adjective, Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: for=ni=cate

CIDE DICTIONARY

fornicate, a. [L. fornicatus, fr. fornix, -icis, an arch, vault.].

•  Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched.  [1913 Webster]
•  Arching over; overarched.  Gray.  [1913 Webster]

fornicate, v. i. [L. fornicatus, p. p. of fornicari to fornicate, fr. fornix, -icis, a vault, a brothel in an underground vault.].

 To commit fornication; to have unlawful sexual intercourse.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fornicate, v.intr. archaic or joc. (of people not married or not married to each other) have sexual intercourse voluntarily.

Derivative

fornication n. fornicator n.

Etymology

eccl.L fornicari f. L fornix -icis brothel

THESAURUS

fornicate

ball, be intimate, be promiscuous, chase women, cohabit, come together, commit adultery, copulate, couple, cover, debauch, diddle, dissipate, frig, grovel, have sex, have sexual relations, lay, lie with, make it with, make love, make out, mate, mount, philander, rake, screw, serve, service, sleep around, sleep with, swing, wallow, wanton, whore, womanize

ROGET THESAURUS

fornicate

Sexuality

VB mate, copulate, make love, have intercourse, fornicate, have sex, do it, sleep together, fuck, sleep around, play the field, masturbate, jerk off, jack off, play with oneself, have the hots, become aroused, get hot, have an erection, get it up, come, climax, ejaculate.