Reverse Dictionary: ADULTERY

ADJECTIVES
1593 ADULTEROUS born in adultery → obs.
1603 STUPROUS adulterous; given to adultery or whoredom, whorish → obs.
1607 ADULTERATED guilty of adultery → obs.
1751 ADULTERINE born of adultery 
1865 ADULTERINE relating to adultery 
1905 VOUTERISH adulterous, lewd → Eng. dial. obs(Bk.)
1947 BACK-DOOR adulterous → US sl.


NOUNS
1000 EAUBRUCHE adultery → obs.
1225 SPOUSE-BREACH adultery → obs.
1230 LAIRWITE a fine for adultery or fornication, esp. with a bondwoman → Old Law usage
1382 VOUTRY adultery → obs.
1390 PUTERY adultery; promiscuity; prostitution; usually used of women → obs.
1529 CUCKOLDRY a dishonouring of a husband by adultery with or on the part of his wife 
1529 INFIDELITY adultery or other sexual unfaithfulness
1656 MECHATION adultery; fornication; whoredom → obs.
1681 CUCKOLDOM a dishonouring of a husband by adultery with or on the part of his wife → obs.
1716 CRIMINAL CONVERSATION adultery; unlawful sexual intercourse with a married person 
1840 SCARLET LETTER a scarlet letter “A”, formerly worn by one convicted of adultery → Amer.
..20C — EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES adultery → colloq.
1938 HANKY-PANKY adultery; illicit sexual activity → Brit. & US sl.
1952 TRYSTING-OUT a clandestine meeting between a married man and a married woman who are not married to each other → Amer. dial.
1978 BACK-DOOR ACTION adultery → Amer. sl.
1981 BACK-DOORING adultery → Amer. sl.


NOUNS, PERSON
1175 EAUBREKERE an adulterer → obs.
1200 HORELING an adulterer; a fornicator, a whoremonger; a paramour → obs.
1230 HOLOUR an adulterer; a fornicator, a whoremonger; a debauchee, ribald, scoundrel → obs.
1315 SPOUSE-BREACH an adulterer → obs.
1370 ADVOUTRER → AVOUTERER → AVOWTER → AVOWTRER an adulterer → obs.
1382 ADULTER → ADVOUTOUR → ADVOUTRE → AVOUTER an adulterer → obs.
1382 ADVOUTRESSE → ADVOUTRICE → AVOUTRESSE → AVOWTRESSE an adulteress → obs.
1386 VOUTER an adulterer → obs.
1500 WITTOL a man who tolerates his wife’s adultery → obs.
1592 BELSWAGGER an adulterer; a whoremonger, a womanizer, a pimp; a lewd man → obs.
1611 BED-SWERVER an adulterer; a person unfaithful to the marriage bed → obs.
1632 ADULTERATOR an adulterer; a person who defiles by adultery → obs.
1770 WED-BREAK an adulterer → obs.
1811 FANCY MAN a woman’s lover, often adulterous → sl., derogatory
1812 FANCY GIRL the woman with whom a married man is having an affair → sl.
1911 CREEPER an adulterer → African-American
1920 BACK-DOOR MERCHANT an adulterer → sl., orig. African-American
1925 BACK-DOOR HUSBAND an adulterer → sl., orig. African-American
1930 ONCER a woman who has had many brief affairs → US sl.
1940 BOW-TIE a married woman’s lover → NZ sl.
1940 SHACK MAN an adulterous man → US sl.
1940 SHACK RAT an adulterous man → US sl.
1942 BACK MAN an adulterer → sl., orig. African-American
1945 CABRON a man who consents to the adultery of his wife → US West. sl. (Bk.)
1969 BACK-DOOR MAN an adulterous male lover → Amer. sl.
1970 CABRON an adulteress → US sl. (Bk.)
1971 GALLANT a woman’s extramarital sexual partner → euphemism
1980 SCRUMPER an adulterer → US students’ sl.
1982 SNEAKY MAN a married woman’s adulterous sexual partner → Bahamas sl.


PHRASES
1994 EATIN’ AIN’T CHEATIN’ a jocular assertion that oral sex does not rise to the level of adultery or infidelity → US sl.


VERBS
1400 ADULTER → ADVOUTER → AVOUTRE to commit or practice adultery → obs.
1440 BYHORE to commit adultery against → obs.
1595 ADULTERATE to commit or practice adultery → obs.
..17C — CUCKLE to commit adultery → Brit. & Amer. dial.
1611 ADULTERIZE to commit adultery → arch.
1712 DEFILE THE MARRIAGE-BED to commit adultery 
1712 VIOLATE THE MARRIAGE-BED to commit adultery 
..L19 — FOOL AROUND  to engage in an extramarital romance → sl.
1856 CARRY ON to be involved in an adulterous or  flirtatious relationship → UK sl.
1905 USE WOMEN to commit adultery or fornication → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1950 PLAY IN SOMEONE ELSE’S YARD to have an adulterous affair → African-American sl.
1960 TAKE A SLICE OFF A CUT CAKE to commit adultery → Aust. sl.
1970 CHASE to pursue women, esp. as an adulterer → US sl.
1980 SCRUMP to engage in an adulterous sexual relationship → US students’ sl.
1982 BACK-DOOR to commit adultery → US sl.