Meaning of adulterine | Babel Free
əˈdʌltəɹaɪnDefinitions
- Spurious; due to adulteration.
- Born of adultery.
- Pertaining to adultery.
- Illegal; unlicensed.
Equivalents
Italiano
adulterine
Examples
“a knave apothecary, that administers the physick, and makes the medicine, may do infinite harm⟳, by his old obsolete doses, adulterine druggs, bad mixtures, quid pro quo, &c.”
“when any particular class of artificers or traders thought proper to act as a corporation without a charter , such adulterine guilds , as they were called , were not always disfranchised[…]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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