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philandering

English

Verb

philandering

  1. present participle of philander

Noun

philandering (plural philanderings)

  1. The action of one who philanders.
    • 1893, George Bernard Shaw, The Philanderer
      She wont be convinced by anything short of it; because, you see, I've had some tremendous philanderings before, and have gone back to her after them.

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philander

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????????? (phílandros, “loving men”), from ????? (philía, “love”) and ?????? (andrós), genitive case of ???? (an?r, “man”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /f??lænd?/
  • (US) IPA(key): /f??lænd??/

Noun

philander (plural philanders)

  1. A lover.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Congreve to this entry?)
  2. A South American opossum, bare-tailed woolly opossum, Caluromys philander, formerly Didelphis philander.
  3. An Australian bandicoot, greater bilby or bilby, Macrotis lagotis, formerly Perameles lagotis.

Translations

Further reading

  • philander on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

philander (third-person singular simple present philanders, present participle philandering, simple past and past participle philandered)

  1. (intransitive) To woo women; to play the male flirt.
    • You can't be philandering after her again.

Synonyms

  • womanize, womanise

Derived terms

  • philanderer, philandering

Translations

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