■ noun voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their husband or wife.
Derivatives
adulterous adjective
adulterously adverb
Origin
C15: from obs. adulter , from L. adulter 'adulterer'.
■ noun voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their husband or wife.
Derivatives
adulterous adjective
adulterously adverb
Origin
C15: from obs. adulter , from L. adulter 'adulterer'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004