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adulterous

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
adultery/əˈdʌltəri/

▶noun voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their husband or wife.

– derivatives
adulterous adjective,
adulterously adverb.

– origin C15: from obs. adulter, from L. adulter ‘adulterer’.

'adulterous' also found in these Oxford entries:

adulterine - adultery

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