out-paramour en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + paramour.
Meanings
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(archaic) To exceed in the number of romantic affairs.
So when some wild deceiving boy / Assaults th' unspotted virgin, / At first the lass is very coy, / And long resists his urging. / But after she is fairly won, / And the foul deed is over, / The wanton gypsy, not half done, / Out-paramours her lover.
1757, John Maclaurin, The Philosopher's Opera, Edinburgh, →OCLC; chapter 21, in James Fieser, editor, Early Responses to Hume’s Life and Reputation: I, second revised edition, Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 2005, →OCLC, page 110:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| out-paramoured | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| out-paramoured | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| out-paramours | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| out-paramouring | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |