English

Noun

Athanasian wench ‎(plural Athanasian wenches)

1. (idiomatic, archaic, slang) A sexually promiscuous or loose woman, willing to have sexual intercourse with "whoever wants to".
   • ca 1980, Peter Klappert, Satan Who Is Most Noisy When He Whispers, published in Idiot Princess of the Last Dynasty. New York: Knopf in 1984 (ISBN 9780394513836):

     Of course I couldn't stop myself

     — for I was an Athanasian wench

     who said Quicunque vult and Amen to everything —

     stop myself from thinking

                               What an ugly cock this Fridolin

     must have, some primitive weapon, an iguana-headed [...]

     crude killing thing, a bulldog's kisser

     at the end of a pick handle.

   • 1901, Justin Huntly McCarthy, If I were king, page 35:

     Villon gently cooled her impatience. "Hush, hush, my girl! There are many kinds of love, as you ought to know well enough. I am a rogue and a vagabond, no less, and so sometimes I love you and other such Athanasian wenches; Isabeau there and Jehanneton."

Synonyms

• quicumque vult