ˈputanism rare.
[f. putain + -ism: cf. F. putanisme, It. puttanismo.]
(See quot.)
| 1696 Phillips, Putanism, the Trade and Living of a Whore. 1721 in Bailey, and in later Dicts. 1922 P. Nielsen Black Man's Place in S. Afr. 57 Immorality is rife amongst Natives.., but neither can putanism amongst the whites be denied. |