sb. and a. Obs. Also 3 fornic-, fornycarie, 5 fornycary. [ad. L. fornicāri-us masc., fornicāria fem., f. fornic-: see next and -ARY. Cf. OF. fornicaire.] A. sb. A fornicator.
1382. Wyclif, Isa. lvii. 3. Sonus of a wicche, sed of auouteresse, and of a fornycarie [Vulg. fornicariæ].
1496. Dives & Paup. (W. de W.), VI. viii. 243/1. God shall deme fornycaryes, & them that do auoutrye.
B. adj. Addicted to fornication, lecherous.
1382. Wyclif, Ecclus. xli. 25. Shame ȝee … fro biholdyng of a fornycarie womman.
1387. Trevisa, Higdon (Rolls), VII. 469. He schulde doo riȝt of preostes fornicaries [de sacerdotibus fornicariis] and of hire concubynes.
