Trull
/trʌl/noun
A prostitute or promiscuous woman; now chiefly archaic or offensive.
Did you know?The word is historically linked to older Germanic forms meaning a loose or wanton woman, and it survives mostly in archaic literature and dialect, not modern polite speech.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*trullō / *trullōn
“A loose, wanton woman; prostitute (reconstructed form, exact shape uncertain)”
Old Norse
ON
trulla
“A bawd or lewd woman”
Middle English
EN
trulle
“A prostitute; a lewd or slovenly woman”
16th–17th Century
EN
trull
“An immoral or disreputable woman; prostitute”
Modern English
EN
trull
“Archaic or offensive term for a prostitute”