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philander

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
17
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/fɪˈlændə/
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/fɪˈlændə/ · /fɪˈlændəɹ/

Definition of philander

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A lover.
    “Yes, I'll baste you together, you and your Philander!”
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noun

  1. A lover.
    “Yes, I'll baste you together, you and your Philander!”
  2. A South American opossum, bare-tailed woolly opossum, of species Caluromys philander (syn. Didelphis philander).
  3. (obsolete)A greater bilby, an Australian marsupial of species Macrotis lagotis (syn. Perameles lagotis).

verb

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

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Etymology

From the given name Philander, used as a name for flirtatious characters in several 18th century stories, from Ancient Greek Φίλανδρος (Phílandros), name of the mythological son of the nymph Acacallis and the god Apollo. Semantically disconnected from the adjective φίλανδρος (phílandros, “loving one’s husband; excessively attracted to males, slutty, boy crazy”).

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