† putain Obs.
Also 4 -aine, (-eyn), 4–5 -ayn, 6 -ane, 7 pewtene.
[a. OF. putain:—late popular L. *puttānem, acc. of putta:—L. pūtida stinking, disgusting. (See Schwan Gram. Altfr. ed. 2, §341, 352.)]
A whore, a prostitute, a strumpet.
Fitz-a-putain (Anglo-Fr.) = whoreson: see Fitz.
| a 1300, etc. [see Fitz]. c 1380 Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 27 Puplicans and puteyns trowiden to him. 1560 Rolland Seven Sag. Prol. iii, Ane prydfull pure Putane, At quhais wordis men wald tak small disdane. 1603 Philotus lxxxiii, Fals pewtene, hes scho playit that sport, Hes scho me handlit in this sort? |