Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man who seduces or attempts to seduce women as a matter of habit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A jaunty libertine; a gay deceiver; a rake.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A gay seducer of women; a libertine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A man whose chief
interest isseducing women.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a successful womanizer; a man who behaves selfishly in his sexual relationships with women
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Take a Lothario from the swinging sixties and thrust him into a future completely changed, not at all like the world he envisioned he was saving during the Sexual Revolution.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Take a Lothario from the swinging sixties and thrust him into a future completely changed, not at all like the world he envisioned he was saving during the Sexual Revolution.
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As to who the man might be, that's no matter; one Lothario is as good as another for my purpose. '
Belinda 1801
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I find it interesting that most online etymologists track the use of the word Lothario back to a 1703 play without giving much credence to this earlier character.
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Marquis of Cypriani, alias Lothario, come to greet him with loud acclamations of joy, which grow still louder, when he presents to them his daughter Sperata and Wilhelm, her chosen husband.
The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Charles Annesley
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A Lothario is a man who regularly seduces women, or someone who is seen as deeply attractive to women, even if he chooses not to pursue them.
The Economic Times 2010
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A Lothario is a man who regularly seduces women, or someone who is seen as deeply attractive to women, even if he chooses not to pursue them.
The Economic Times 2010
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Camilla was all invention and falsehood, and to ascertain if it were so, he came out, and calling Lothario aside asked him what news he had and in what humour Camilla was.
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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Camilla was all invention and falsehood, and to ascertain if it were so, he came out, and calling Lothario aside asked him what news he had and in what humour Camilla was.
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 13 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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Camilla was all invention and falsehood, and to ascertain if it were so, he came out, and calling Lothario aside asked him what news he had and in what humour Camilla was.
Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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