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relating to or being a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse
- adulterine fiction often portrays the illicit lovers sympathetically
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“Adulterine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adulterine. Accessed 9 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of adulterine was in 1542
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