different between womanise vs philander

English

Verb

womanise (third-person singular simple present womanises, present participle womanising, simple past and past participle womanised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of womanize.

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