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philander en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /fɪˈlændə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /fɪˈlændəɹ/ (General-American)

Etymology

As a verb, first seen in the 1824 play Philandering: Or, The Rose Queen, by Samuel Beazley. From the given name Philander, used for love interest or suitor stock characters in several 18th century stories and poems, 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”).

Meanings

1. A lover.
   • Yes, I'll baste you together, you and your Philander! 1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
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).

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
philanders	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

philanderous · philanderess

Relateds

filander

Translations (5)

fi venezuelanvillaopossumi (Caluromys philander) · sv större kaninpunggrävling (Macrotis lagotis) · fi isopussikaniini (Macrotis lagotis) · fi philanderinvillapussirotta (Caluromys philander) · fi isokorvapusseli (Macrotis lagotis)

philander en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /fɪˈlændə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /fɪˈlændəɹ/ (General-American)

Etymology

As a verb, first seen in the 1824 play Philandering: Or, The Rose Queen, by Samuel Beazley. From the given name Philander, used for love interest or suitor stock characters in several 18th century stories and poems, 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”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To woo women; to play the male flirt.
   • You can't be philandering after her again. 1876, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], Daniel Deronda, volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
philandered	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
philandered	Tense=Past		lexicographic
philanders	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
philandering	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic

Deriveds

philanderer · philandering

Synonyms

womanise · womanize

Translations (5)

et liiderdama (To make love to women; to play the male flirt) · bg флиртувам (To make love to women; to play the male flirt) · pt flirtar (To make love to women; to play the male flirt) · he הִתְפַּרְפֵּר (To make love to women; to play the male flirt) · ru флиртовать (To make love to women; to play the male flirt)