affairette

English

Etymology

affair +‎ -ette

Noun

affairette (plural affairettes)

A brief romantic relationship, especially with someone who is in a relationship with another person, or not one's regular partner.
Synonyms: dalliance, fling, liaison
- 1976, David Edgar, Saigon Rose, Act II, Scene 4, in Plays: One, London: Methuen Drama, 1987, p. 215,
  It’s a poem, students learn, about the symptoms of syphilis. I once had an affairette with a final year medic from Inverness who used to mumble it all the time, often at the most inopportune moments.
- 1978, Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City, New York: Ballantine Books, 1979, p. 93,
  “ […] I thought I’d be snapped up in six months. At the very most!” […]
  “What about Robert?”
  “Affairettes don’t count.”
- 2004, Erika Ritter, The Great Big Book of Guys, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, p. 5,
  Suddenly single at thirty, I floundered through those awful encounters, affairettes, and all-out affairs I’d tried to spare myself by marrying early and supposedly for good.

单词	affairette
释义	affairette English Etymology affair +‎ -ette Noun affairette (plural affairettes) A brief romantic relationship, especially with someone who is in a relationship with another person, or not one's regular partner. Synonyms: dalliance, fling, liaison 1976, David Edgar, Saigon Rose, Act II, Scene 4, in Plays: One, London: Methuen Drama, 1987, p. 215, It’s a poem, students learn, about the symptoms of syphilis. I once had an affairette with a final year medic from Inverness who used to mumble it all the time, often at the most inopportune moments. 1978, Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City, New York: Ballantine Books, 1979, p. 93, “ […] I thought I’d be snapped up in six months. At the very most!” […] “What about Robert?” “Affairettes don’t count.” 2004, Erika Ritter, The Great Big Book of Guys, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, p. 5, Suddenly single at thirty, I floundered through those awful encounters, affairettes, and all-out affairs I’d tried to spare myself by marrying early and supposedly for good.
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