prostibule

English

Etymology

Derived from Latin prostibulum.

Noun

prostibule (plural prostibules)

  1. (rare) A brothel.
    • 2003, Enrique Mallen, “A Minimalist Approach to Picasso's Visual Grammar: Les Demoiselles D'Avignon”, in Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis, volume 8:
      As a result, the viewer is again introduced in the prostibule by the woman on the left pulling the curtain aside, is welcomed in by the girls with raised arms, and is led out through the back entrance, from which a woman peeks in.
    • 2008, Elisabeth Guerrero, Confronting History and Modernity in Mexican Narrative, page 37:
      The name López appears again twice: first, the priest visits a prostibule before dawn and gives the code name "López" to gain entry. Such tongue-in-cheek scenes as this irreverently subvert Hidalgo's somber image.
    • 2020, Inmaculada Pertusa-Seva, Melissa Stewart, Spanish Women Authors of Serial Crime Fiction: Repeat Offenders in the 21st Century, page 116:
      Similar to Suevia, she works in a prostibule – "el Girls Club" – although she tries to justify to the visiting policewomen that she only serves drinks.
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