— brothellike , adj.
/broth"euhl, brodh"-, braw"theuhl, -dheuhl/ , n.
a house of prostitution.
[ 1350-1400 for earlier sense; short for brothel-house whore-house; ME brothel harlot, orig. worthless person, equiv. to broth- (ptp. s. of brethen, OE breothan to decay, degenerate) + -el n. suffix ]