adultery:
Sexual intercourse between two people where one or both of those involved are married to someone else. In his humorous dictionary, The Penthouse Sexicon (1968), Frederic Mullally defines:-- Adult: ' Person who is supposed to know what he or she is doing .'
-- Adulterer: ' Person who does it .'
-- Adultery: ' It .'
Synonyms: extra-marital sex ; illicit-affair ; infidelity ; marital infidelity .
See also: affair .
Quotes:
(1) Robbie Ross (George Segal) and his ex-wife Natasha O'Brien (Jacqueline Bisset) in Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978):
-- Robbie: ' You don't call a roll-in-the-hay with your secretary adultery .'
-- Natasha: ' What would you call it? Shorthand? '
(2)Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte) and Susan Lowenstein (Barbra Streisand) in The Prince of Tides (1991):
-- Tom: ' Lowenstein, I think I like adultery .'
-- Susan: ' That's why they made it a sin .'
See Also: adultera, adulterer, adulteress, adulterine, adultery, bastard, coitus adulterinus, coitus vetitus, copulation, corespondent, crim con, cuckold, double dealing, fornication, hanky panky, illegitimate child, illicit relations, illicit sex, in flagrante delicto, monkey business, roll, sodoma imperfecta, spot the nuptial bed, true to her sheets, unwritten law
Quotes Containing adultery:
Bible: Matthew (V. 28): ''Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust-after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart .''
Robbie Ross (George Segal) and his ex-wife Natasha O''Brien (Jacqueline Bisset) in Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978): - Robbie Ross: ''You don''t call a roll-in-the-hay with your secretary adultery .'' - Natasha O''Brien: ''What would you call it? Shorthand?''
Tom (Nick Nolte) and Susan (Barbra Streisand) in The Prince of Tides (1991): - Tom Wingo: 'Lowenstein, I think I like adultery .' - Susan Lowenstein: 'That's why they made it a sin .'
Charles MacArthur (Matthew Broderick) and Dotty Parker (Jennifer Jason Leigh) at the start of their love-affair in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) - Charles: 'I felt we were pretty good together for the first time.' - Dotty:'I expect you'll tell me it takes practice.' - Charles: 'Double adultery cancels itself out .' - Dotty:'Questionable logic but I like the theory.'
'Don't marry suffering the way some people do . They marry suffering, they eat with suffering, they sleep-with suffering, and if they find some joy in their lives, they think they're committing adultery .' Dr. Tamkin (Jerry Stiller) to Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) in Seize the Day (1986)
Robbie Ross (George Segal) and his ex-wife Natasha O'Brien (Jacqueline Bisset) in Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978): - Robbie: 'You don't call a roll-in-the-hay with your secretary adultery .' - Natasha: 'What would you call it? Shorthand?'
Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte) and Susan Lowenstein (Barbra Streisand) in The Prince of Tides (1991): - Tom: 'Lowenstein, I think I like adultery .' - Susan: 'That's why they made it a sin .'
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