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单词 out-paramour
释义

out-paramour

English

Etymology

out- + paramour

Verb

out-paramour (third-person singular simple present out-paramours, present participle out-paramouring, simple past and past participle out-paramoured)

  1. (archaic) To exceed in the number of romantic affairs.
    • 1757, John Maclaurin, The Philosopher's Opera, Edinburgh, OCLC 1154891091; chapter 21, in James Fieser, editor, Early Responses to Hume’s Life and Reputation: I, second revised edition, Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 2005, OCLC 224439115, page 110:
      So when some wild deceiving boy / Assaults th' unspotted virgin, / At first the lass is very coy, / And long resists his urging. / But after she is fairly won, / And the foul deed is over, / The wanton gypsy, not half done, / Out-paramours her lover.

Usage notes

  • Primarily in the idiomatic phrase out-paramour the Turk.

Derived terms

  • out-paramour the Turk
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