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    [Verb]  | "adul*ter*ate" | \ ə-ˈdəl-tə-ˌrāt \


    1: to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element; especially : to prepare for sale by replacing more valuable with less valuable or inert ingredients


    Origin: circa 1526 ;

     Borrowed from Latin adulterātus, past participle of adulterāre "to defile by adultery, commit adultery with, mix with another substance, pollute," from ad- {see: |ad-|ad-} + -alterāre, verbal derivative of alter "second, other" {mat|alter|};

    [Verb]  | "adulterates" 


    1: to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances;


      * e.g., " ... the company was fined for adulterating its all beef frankfurters with cereal "





    [Verb]  | "adulterate" 


    1: to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances;


      * e.g., " ... the company was fined for adulterating its all beef frankfurters with cereal "





     [ "adulterer" ]

    1: a man who cheats on his wife.

      * e.g.,  ... He cheated on his wife. Pond scum. 


     [ "adulterer" ]

    2: a man of low morals or character.


     [ "adulterer" ]

    3: man of little integrity.

     [ "adulterated" ]

    1: something impure, tainted, dicked around with etc.

      * e.g.,  ... This pill is so adulterated! 

     [ "adulterer" ]

    1: A man who has sex with another man's wife.

      * e.g.,  ... Adulterer: 

     [ "ADULTERATE" ]

    1: To misrepresent or distort the perception of something as being fully developed, complete, or aligned with its intended state. This distortion often arises from an assumption that a certain level of advancement or maturity has been achieved, when in reality, there might be underlying complexities, ongoing growth, or refinement processes that are not immediately apparent. The concept of "adulterate," encapsulates the idea of assuming a fully realized state prematurely. This term sheds light on the tendency to overlook ongoing progress and the intricacies involved in genuine development by suggesting that perceptions can be tainted or adulterated by the illusion of being "done" or fully matured. Interestingly, this specific use of "adulterate" to convey the concept of misperceived completion was coined by Rowdy Bunkers, and it aptly captures the idea of assuming a fully realized state prematurely. This term helps shed light on the tendency to overlook ongoing progress and the intricacies involved in genuine development by suggesting that perceptions can be tainted or adulterated by the illusion of being "done" or fully matured.

      * e.g.,  ... "Students adulterate their understanding of history by assuming they know all the important events already." Museum visitors adulterate their appreciation of the artwork by thinking they understood the artist's intent without diving deeper. 

     [ "adulterous" ]

    1: adj:relating to adultery

      * e.g.,  ... his adulterous behavior 

     [ "adulterer" ]

    1: A word used to describe a person who cheats on their husband/Wife. Recently popularised again by Kim Woodburn after she used it to describe Jamie O'Hara.

      * e.g.,  ... Kim Woodburn: Go away you ADULTERER! 

     [ "adulterizing" ]

    1: A slang term for committing adultery, or cheating on a spouse.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, you heard that tom got caught cheating on his wife? Yeah bro, fella shouldn't have been adulterizing. 

     [ "Adulterer" ]

    1: A slag someone who will wreck your home/asshole.

      * e.g.,  ... Carol: dammit Jared why would you sleep with someone who isn’t me 

     [ "tele adulterer" ]

    1: One person in a relationship that watches a tv series without the other their significant other.

      * e.g.,  ... You're a tele adulterer for watching Outlander without me! 

     [ "Adulterous Slut" ]

    1: A person who sleeps with married men wither it be a married stranger, acquaintance, or perhaps even a friends husband the adulterous slut will go trolling for marriages that she knows, thinks, or can cause problems. Adulterous sluts have 99% of the time already been through every other man so they are desperate and troll for married ones.

      * e.g.,  ... Melissa Hassenger asked her friend ( acquaintance, classmate) if her husband had been stupid (unfaithful) because Melissa thought the picture of her friend holding a puppy implied that her husband had been stupid and she just wanted to know if everything in her friends marriage was ok. She's an adulterous slut trolling for marital problems. 

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