convertite
English
Etymology
Compare Italian convertito, past participle of convertire (“to convert”).
Noun
convertite (plural convertites)
- (obsolete) A reformed or former prostitute.
- (obsolete) A convert.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC, lines 743-744:
- He thence departs a heavy convertite; / She remains a hopeless castaway
- c. 1589–1590 (date written), Christopher Marlo[we], edited by Tho[mas] Heywood, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Iew of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published 1633, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- Bar. Oh earth-mettall'd villaines, and no Hebrews born!
And will you basely thus submit your selves
To leave your goods to their arbitrament?
Gov. Why Barabas wilt thou be christned?
Bar. No, Governour, I will be no convertite.
- 1817, [Walter Scott], “(please specify the page)”, in Harold the Dauntless; […], Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:
- Up then arose that grim convertite,
Homeward he hied him when ended the rite
References
- “convertite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian
Etymology 1
Adjective
convertite
- feminine plural of convertito
Participle
convertite f pl
- feminine plural of convertito
Etymology 2
Noun
convertite f
- plural of convertita
Etymology 3
Verb
convertite
- inflection of convertire:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Latin
Verb
convertite
- second-person plural present active imperative of convertō
Spanish
Verb
convertite