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paramour en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /-ˌmɔɹ/ (General-American)
• (General-American) audio
• /-mɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio Mary-marry-merry
• /ˈpɛɹəˌmʊ(ə)ɹ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio non-Mary-marry-merry
• /ˈpæɹəmʊə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

The adverb is derived from Middle English par amour, paramore, paramours (“with sexual desire or love, passionately; in a courteous or friendly manner”), from Anglo-Norman par amur (“in a friendly or willing manner”) and Old French par amur, par amour, paramours (“by or through love”) (modern French par amour), from par (“by; through; etc.”) (from Latin per (“by means of, through”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; etc.”)) + amor, amur (“love”, noun) (from Latin amōrem, the accusative singular of amor (“desire, lust; affection, love”), from amō (“to love”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- (“to grasp, seize; to take hold; to touch; etc.”)) + -or (suffix forming abstract nouns)). The noun is from Middle English paramour, paramoure, paramur, peramour (“wife; concubine; mistress; husband; male lover; darling, sweetheart; romantic love; sexual passion; (Christianity) Jesus Christ; the Virgin Mary; divine or spiritual love”), from par amour, paramore (adverb) (see above), possibly from a misinterpretation of to love paramour(s) (“to love passionately”) to mean “to love a beloved person”. The verb is partly from both of the following: * From Middle English paramouren (“to love (someone)”), probably derived from the adverb (see above). The Middle English word is only attested in one (possibly 15th-century) source and does not appear to have been used again until the 17th century; compare William Shakespeare's use of out-paramour in King Lear (written c. 1603–1606): see the 1608 quotation. * Uses from the 17th century onwards are probably derived from the noun.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, obsolete) Of loving, etc.: out of or through romantic feeling or sexual desire; passionately.
   • Wolnoth is bound par-amours, to a certain fair Norman dame; and, I trow well, prefers her charms here to the thought of his return. 1848, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter III, in Harold, the Last of the Saxon Kings; […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, book IX (The Bones of the Dead), page 325:
   • […] Cleopatra, doughter of Ptolomee late kinge of Egypt (whome Ceſar [Julius Caesar] in his lyfe helde for his Concubine) the ſame lady Antoni [Mark Antony] (with whome Octauiane [later Augustus] deuided the empire) loued alſo peramours, abandonynge his wyfe, whiche was ſuſter to Octauian. 1531, Thomas Elyot, “Of Sobrietie in Diete”, in The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC, 3rd boke, folio 232, recto:
   • Because you love par amours, is it reasonable you should throw away your life and ours? 1825 June 22, [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in Tales of the Crusaders. […], volume II (The Betrothed), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 273:
2. (not-comparable, obsolete) Used chiefly when addressing someone: out of or through devotion or kindness; as a favour or kindness.
   • [T]he Lord Chiefe Iuſtice ſtood vp, and forbad the proceedings, alotting Paramour the Lands vvith the ſatiſfying of the plaintifes, and thereupon commanded Nailor to giue Thorn againe his Gauntlet, vvhich he vnvvillingly did; and ſo the Combate being ended, vve may haue leaue to proceed. 1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Elizabeth Queene of England, France and Ireland, […]”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], London: […] William Hall and John Beale, for John Sudbury and George Humble, […], →OCLC, book IX ([Englands Monarchs] […]), paragraph 138, pages 851–852:

Forms

Synonyms

devotedly · passionately

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paramour en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /-ˌmɔɹ/ (General-American)
• (General-American) audio
• /-mɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio Mary-marry-merry
• /ˈpɛɹəˌmʊ(ə)ɹ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio non-Mary-marry-merry
• /ˈpæɹəmʊə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

The adverb is derived from Middle English par amour, paramore, paramours (“with sexual desire or love, passionately; in a courteous or friendly manner”), from Anglo-Norman par amur (“in a friendly or willing manner”) and Old French par amur, par amour, paramours (“by or through love”) (modern French par amour), from par (“by; through; etc.”) (from Latin per (“by means of, through”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; etc.”)) + amor, amur (“love”, noun) (from Latin amōrem, the accusative singular of amor (“desire, lust; affection, love”), from amō (“to love”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- (“to grasp, seize; to take hold; to touch; etc.”)) + -or (suffix forming abstract nouns)). The noun is from Middle English paramour, paramoure, paramur, peramour (“wife; concubine; mistress; husband; male lover; darling, sweetheart; romantic love; sexual passion; (Christianity) Jesus Christ; the Virgin Mary; divine or spiritual love”), from par amour, paramore (adverb) (see above), possibly from a misinterpretation of to love paramour(s) (“to love passionately”) to mean “to love a beloved person”. The verb is partly from both of the following: * From Middle English paramouren (“to love (someone)”), probably derived from the adverb (see above). The Middle English word is only attested in one (possibly 15th-century) source and does not appear to have been used again until the 17th century; compare William Shakespeare's use of out-paramour in King Lear (written c. 1603–1606): see the 1608 quotation. * Uses from the 17th century onwards are probably derived from the noun.

Meanings

1. (archaic) A person who is the object of one's love, especially in an affair or romance; a lover; also, a sexual partner.
   • "That is wicked, or rather, villainous: Queen Madásima was a very distinguished lady, and it should not be assumed that so high a princess would become the paramour of a sawbones or a quack, and whoever believes the contrary is lying, like the base scoundrel he is. Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 189:
   • Their ſociety vvas more like that of a den of outlavvs upon a doubtful frontier; of a levvd tavern for the revels and debauches of banditti, aſſaſſins, bravos, ſmugglers, and their more deſperate paramours, mixed vvith bombaſtick players, the refuſe and rejected offal of ſtrolling theatres, […] 1796, Edmund Burke, “Letter I. On the Overtures of Peace.”, in Two Letters Addressed to a Member of the Present Parliament on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France, London: […] F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […], published 20 October 1796, →OCLC, page 107:
   • Yes, in […] these very halls, to have lived the paramour of their murderer, the slave at once and the partaker of his pleasures, was to render every breath which I drew of vital air, a crime and a curse. 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter XIII, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 220:
   • It vvas no ſeaſon then for her [Nature] / To vvanton vvith the Sun her luſty Paramour. 1629, John Milton, “On the Morning of Christs Nativity”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, The Hymn, stanza I, page 3:
   • No ſolace could her Paramour intreat / Her once to ſhovv, ne court, nor dalliaunce, / But vvith bent lovvring brovves, as ſhe vvould threat, / She ſcould, and frovvned vvith frovvard countenaunce, / Vnvvorthy of faire Ladies comely gouernaunce. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 35, page 215:
2. (broadly, dated) A person (especially someone who is not one's spouse) with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; also (Scotland, US, law), one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair.
   • The action scenes are deafening and punchily staged by director Louis Leterrier (The Transporter), though I wish he'd set more time aside to spend with Nobby, his paramour Dawn (Rebel Wilson), their shaven-headed brood, and friends. 2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ‘Sacha Baron Cohen’s vital, venomous action movie’”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Nov 2019:
   • I ſue not novv, thy Paramoure to be, / But as a husband to be linck'd to thee. 1598, Michaell [i.e., Michael] Drayton, “Edwarde the Blacke Prince to Alice Countesse of Salisbury”, in Englands Heroicall Epistles. Newly Enlarged, revised edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for N[icholas] Ling, […], →OCLC, folio 28, verso:
   • A scene unparalleled in our legal history was exhibited in the Court of King's Bench. The seducer [Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville] appeared with dauntless front, accompanied by his paramour [Lady Henrietta Berkeley, his wife's sister]. 1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter V, in The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume I, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 529:
   • to run away with a paramour
   • You vvould believe that the Images of Men-Saints vvere ſome Princes of Perſia-land vvith their proud Apparel; and the Idols of our VVomen-Saints vvere nice vvell-trimmed Harlots tempting their Paramours to vvantonneſs. 1664, H[enry] More, chapter XXI, in Synopsis Prophetica; or, The Second Part of the Modest Enquiry into the Mystery of Iniquity: […], London: […] James Flesher, for William Morden […], →OCLC, book II, page 467:
   • And if it ſo that ſhe be not his wyfe (bicauſe ſhe was once his brothers wyfe) as your Doctors ſaye and affirme, then no man can excuſe your kynge nor ſaye but that ſhe hath ben euyil handeled, and kepte lyke a Concubine or Paramour for the bodely appetite, which is a great ſpotte, ſhame, ⁊ rebuke to her and to her whole lynage, […] a. 1548 (date written), Edward Hall, Richard Grafton, “[The Triumphant Reigne of Kyng Henry the VIII.] The Determinacion of the Facultie of Diuinitie in the Vniuersitie of Padua in Italy.”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, […], London: […] Rychard Grafton, […] [and Steven Mierdman], published 1550, →OCLC, folio cc, verso:
   • [G]ive them / Their dowers, according to what / Is reasonable: they should be chaste, not lustful, nor taking paramours: […] 1934, “Sūra IV, Section 3”, in Abdullah Yusuf Ali, transl., The Holy Qur’an: Translation and Commentary, [Birmingham, Warwickshire]: Islamic Propagation Centre International, published [1946], →OCLC, verse 25, pages 187–188, column 1:
3. (broadly, historical) A woman who is the object of a knight's love, and who he fights for.
   • Chloris, the Queene of Flovvers; / The ſvveetneſſe of all Shovvres; / The ornament of Bovvres; / The top of Par-amours! 1631, [Ben Jonson], Chloridia. Rites to Chloris and Her Nymphs. […], London: […] Thomas Walkley, →OCLC, signature C, verso:
   • It is the leaſt of his famous aduentures, that hee vndertaketh to be Greenes [Robert Greene's?] aduocate: […] He may declare his deere affection to his Paramour; or his pure honeſtye to the vvorld; […] 1593, Gabriell Haruey [i.e., Gabriel Harvey], Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse. A Preparative to Certaine Larger Discourses, Intituled Nashes S. Fame, London: […] Iohn Wolfe, →OCLC, page 33:
4. (broadly, obsolete) God as the object of a person's devotion or love.
   • Clad you with yͤ ſilke of ſinceritie, with yͤ ſaten [satin] of ſanctitie, with the purple of probitie. Thus prune and pricke vp your ſelues, and God himſelfe ſhall be your paramour, ⁊c. 1581, Iohn Marbeck [i.e., John Merbecke], “Of Womens Apparell”, in A Booke of Notes and Common Places, with Their Expositions, Collected and Gathered out of the Workes of Diuers Singular Writers, and Brought Alphabetically into Order. […], London: […] Thomas East, →OCLC, page 1171:

Forms

Deriveds

out-paramour the Turk · out-paramour

Synonyms

fuck · sparker · love interest · follower · truelove · admirer · flame · courter · paramour · sex partner · root · leman · enamorado · baby · lover · darling · beloved · bedfellow · wooer · loteby · lover · adorer · bedmate · sweetheart · mate · paramour · sexual partner · hookup · crush · love

Translations (84)

fr maîtresse (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · sk milenka (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · cmn 姦夫 /奸夫 (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · hy սիրուհի (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · ar عَشِيقَة (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · uk коха́нець (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · es amante (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · uk коха́нок (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · cmn 男妾 (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · hy սիրած (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · ko 정부 (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · sh љу́ба̄внӣк (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · fa فاسق (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · pl kochanka (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · ja 男妾 (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · fr amante (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · mk љубо́вник (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · el εραστής (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · sh љу́ба̄вница (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · ar عَشِيق (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · fi rakastaja (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · sh шва̀ле̄рка (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · it madama (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · mk љубо́вница (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · be каха́нак (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · bg любо́вница (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · fi rakas (woman who is the object of a knight’s love, and who he fights for) · cs milenka (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · sq dashnore (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · ar خَلِيلَة (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · fr amant (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · pt amante (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · sq dashnor (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · be каха́нка (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · ja 愛人 (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · sl ljubimka (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · cs milenec (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · be палюбо́ўніца (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · es amor prohibido (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · cmn 姦婦 /奸妇 (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · nog суьеркер (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · ar خَلِيل (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · de Mätresse (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · el ερωμένος (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · pl kochanek (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · de Buhle (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · ro amantă (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · cmn 相好 (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · sa कामुक (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · de Poussage (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · sk milenec (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · uk полюбо́вник (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · hy սիրեկան (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · sh ljúbāvnica (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · cmn 情婦 /情妇 (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · de Geliebte (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · ro amant (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · cmn 姘頭 /姘头 (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · ko 남첩 (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · ko 애인 (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · sl ljubimec (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · de Liebhaberin (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · fi rakastajatar (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · sh ljúbāvnīk (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · sh švàlēr (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · el ερωμένη (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · bg любо́вник (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · de Geliebter (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · sh шва̀ле̄р (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · ru да́ма се́рдца (woman who is the object of a knight’s love, and who he fights for) · he מְאַהֵב (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · it amante (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · mk шва́лерка (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · ru любо́вник (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · ja 情婦 (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · enm paramour (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · uk коха́нка (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · oc amant (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · be палюбо́ўнік (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · sh švàlērka (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · ko 정부 (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · de Liebhaber (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · bg извънбра́чен любо́вник (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair) · ru любо́вница (person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair)

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paramour en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /-ˌmɔɹ/ (General-American)
• (General-American) audio
• /-mɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio Mary-marry-merry
• /ˈpɛɹəˌmʊ(ə)ɹ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio non-Mary-marry-merry
• /ˈpæɹəmʊə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

The adverb is derived from Middle English par amour, paramore, paramours (“with sexual desire or love, passionately; in a courteous or friendly manner”), from Anglo-Norman par amur (“in a friendly or willing manner”) and Old French par amur, par amour, paramours (“by or through love”) (modern French par amour), from par (“by; through; etc.”) (from Latin per (“by means of, through”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; etc.”)) + amor, amur (“love”, noun) (from Latin amōrem, the accusative singular of amor (“desire, lust; affection, love”), from amō (“to love”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- (“to grasp, seize; to take hold; to touch; etc.”)) + -or (suffix forming abstract nouns)). The noun is from Middle English paramour, paramoure, paramur, peramour (“wife; concubine; mistress; husband; male lover; darling, sweetheart; romantic love; sexual passion; (Christianity) Jesus Christ; the Virgin Mary; divine or spiritual love”), from par amour, paramore (adverb) (see above), possibly from a misinterpretation of to love paramour(s) (“to love passionately”) to mean “to love a beloved person”. The verb is partly from both of the following: * From Middle English paramouren (“to love (someone)”), probably derived from the adverb (see above). The Middle English word is only attested in one (possibly 15th-century) source and does not appear to have been used again until the 17th century; compare William Shakespeare's use of out-paramour in King Lear (written c. 1603–1606): see the 1608 quotation. * Uses from the 17th century onwards are probably derived from the noun.

Meanings

1. (dated, intransitive) To have an illicit or secret affair with a person, especially someone who is not one's spouse.
   • [pages 277–278] A bridle shreded from the skin of an unbaptized infant, with bits forged in Satan’s armoury, possessed irresistible power when shaken above any living thing. […] At midnight, his mistress cautiously approaching his bed-side, shook the charmed bridle over his face, saying ‘Up Horsie,’ when, to his utter astonishment, he arose in the form of a gray horse! […] [page 280] To ride post on the human body was a privilege enjoyed only by those who paramoured with Satan. 1810, R[obert] H[artley] Cromek, “Appendix (E), p. 59. History of Witchcraft, Sketched from the Popular Tales of the Peasantry of Nithsdale and Galloway.”, in Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song: With Historical and Traditional Notices Relative to the Manners and Customs of the Peasantry, London: […] [F]or T[homas] Cadell and W[illiam] Davies, […], by T[homas] Bensley, […], →OCLC, pages 277–278 and 280:
   • [W]ine loued I deeply, dice deerely, and in vvoman out paromord the Turke, […] [c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Nathaniel Butter, […], published 1608, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], signature G2, recto:
   • [I]ndeed a daughter is better ill married, then vvell Paramour'd. 1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], “Of the Wise and Pleasant Discourse, that Passed betwixt Sancho Pansa and His Wife Teresa Pansa, and Other Accidents Worthy of Happy Remembrance”, in Thomas Shelton, transl., The Second Part of the History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Edward Blount, →OCLC, part 2, page 29:
   • [T]he dissection of Charlie Borthwick's character was instantly resumed by Mrs M'Kittrick, who declared that he might ha'e found better employment at hame, than paramouring wi' the like o' Widow M'Cauchie. 1822 December, “Anonymous Literature. No. I. Charlie Borthwick’s Rade.”, in The Edinburgh Magazine, and Literary Miscellany, […], volume XI, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable & Company, →OCLC, page 723, column 1:
   • The paramouring matron left / A babe and husband both bereft; […] 1842 October, J. de J[ean] [pseudonym; John de Jean Fraser], “The Stranger in His Native Place. (A Sketch from Life.)”, in The Dublin Monthly Magazine; Being a New Series of The Citizen, […], volume I, part 2, Dublin: Samuel J. Machen, […], →OCLC, page 213, column 2:
   • Los Angeles County established a Court of Conciliation, led in the 1950s by Judge Louis Burke. The Court had "jurisdiction over all persons having any relation to the domestic controversy." This meant it could even call in "third party 'paramours'" and tell them to quit their paramouring. The aim was to save marriages. 2011, Joanna L. Grossman, Lawrence M[eir] Friedman, “Untying the Knot: Divorce and Annulment”, in Inside the Castle: Law and the Family in 20th Century America, Princeton, N.J.; Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, part 3 (When the Music Stops: Dissolving a Marriage and the Aftermath), page 174:
   • I do not think I am fit to marry, to make an obedient wife or affectionate mother; my imagination is paramoured with me, and would disqualify me, I think, for the every-day, matter-of-fact cares and duties of the mistress of a household and the head of a family. 1876 March, Frances Anne Kemble, “Old Woman’s Gossip. VIII.”, in The Atlantic Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics, volume XXXVII, number CCXXI, Boston, Mass.: H[enry] O[scar] Houghton and Company; New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC, page 320, column 1:

Forms

Deriveds

paramouring · paramoured

Translations (1)

fi olla suhteessa (to have an illicit or secret affair with a person)

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