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Meaning of lupanar | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/luːˈpeɪnɑː/

Definitions

A brothel.

archaic, formal

Examples

“The steam of fetid vices / From a thousand lupanars, / Like smoke of sacrifices, / Reeked up to the heedless stars.”
“A prostitute was not permitted to stand under a street lamp, and sisters were not allowed to work in the same lupanar.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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