meretricious

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   like or relating to a prostitute

   Meretricious relationships.

From Latin meretrīcius, from meretrīx (“harlot, prostitute”), from mereō (“earn, deserve, merit”) (English merit) + -trīx (“(female agent)”) (English -trix).

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