An archaic or obsolete term for adultery, particularly in legal or historical contexts.
From Old French 'avouterie,' derived from 'avoué' (acknowledged or confessed), referring to adulterous relationships; used in medieval and early modern English law.
This beautifully archaic word appears in historical legal documents and Shakespeare-era texts, representing how languages generate multiple words for the same concept before settling on one standard term.
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