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significant-othered en · ADJ

Etymology

From significant other + -ed.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, rare) Having a significant other.
   • But along the way, the hunk lost his job and moved; and my roommate and her husband separated, so none of them are coming. :( And now, I think I'm the only single or non-significant-othered person who'll be there... 1996 October 25, hallie arrington, “AMC: TAN: Ratsa Takes NYC by Storm”, in rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Dec 2025:
   • Three women are college professors; a few didn’t get any farther than high school. We represent the married, widowed, single, significant-othered, divorced; some have children, grandchildren, even great-grandchildren. 2000, Ann O’Neal Garcia, “‘There’s Life in the Old Dame Yet…”, in Cynthia Black, editor, Our Turn, Our Time: Women Truly Coming of Age, Hillsboro, Ore.: Beyond Words Publishing, →ISBN, page 100:
   • The time draws near when pink and red creep insidiously into the periphery, jewelry retailers go into overdrive and drugstore aisles burst with cherubs for the one holiday of the year that separates the singletons from the significant-othered. 2012 February 11, Katie Gile, “I hate/love Valentine’s Day”, in Spinnaker, Jacksonville, Fla.: University of North Florida, archived from the original on 18 Sep 2020:

Forms

Synonyms

significantly othered