philander
nounEtymology
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”).
- derived from Φίλανδρος
Definitions
A lover.
- Yes, I'll baste you together, you and your Philander!
A South American opossum, bare-tailed woolly opossum, of species Caluromys philander…
A South American opossum, bare-tailed woolly opossum, of species Caluromys philander (syn. Didelphis philander).
A greater bilby, an Australian marsupial of species Macrotis lagotis (syn. Perameles…
A greater bilby, an Australian marsupial of species Macrotis lagotis (syn. Perameles lagotis).
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To woo women
To woo women; to play the male flirt.
- You can't be philandering after her again.
The neighborhood
- neighborfilander
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for philander. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA