different between paramour vs engle

English

Alternative forms

• paramours

Etymology

From Middle English paramour, paramoure, peramour, paramur, from Old French par amor (“for love's sake”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pæ.??.m??/, /?pæ.??.m??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pæ??m??/

  (Mary–marry–merry distinction)

  (Mary–marry–merry merger)

Noun

paramour (plural paramours)

1. (somewhat archaic) An illicit lover, either male or female.

   Synonyms: leman, mistress; see also Thesaurus:mistress
2. (obsolete) The Virgin Mary or Jesus Christ (when addressed by a person of the opposite sex).

Translations

Adverb

paramour (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, of loving, etc.) Passionately, out of sexual desire. [from 14^thc.]

   Synonyms: devotedly, passionately

   • For paramour I loved her fyrst ere thou.

Further reading

• paramour on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “paramour”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????l/

Noun

engle (plural engles)

1. A favourite; a paramour; an ingle.
   • 1609, Ben Jonson, Epicœne, or The Silent Woman

     What between his Mistress Abroad, and his Engle at Home, high Fare, soft Lodging […]

Verb

engle (third-person singular simple present engles, present participle engling, simple past and past participle engled)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To cajole or coax.

   • I'll presently go and engle some broker.

Anagrams

• Engel, gleen, glene

Danish

Noun

engle c

1. indefinite plural of engel

Middle English

Noun

engle

1. Alternative form of hengel