单词 | ladykiller |
释义 | > as lemmasladykiller ladykiller n. humorous an attractive, charming man who habitually seduces women. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > seduction > seducer seducera1616 woman-killer1654 cousin1694 betrayer1766 ladykiller1769 Lovelace1773 Don Juan1847 wolf1847 Casanova1928 homme fatal1935 1769 A. B. Poyntz Je Ne Sçai Quoi i. 2 Of all you woman-hunters, commend me to the Lady-killer, as I call him, who, the moment he finds a female seemingly to incline towards him, leaves her, as he thinks, to die of a broken heart. 1811 A. de Beauclerc Ora & Juliet II. 197 Upwards of twenty sat down at table, amongst whom was the lady killer, or Colonel Sackville. 1910 J. London Burning Daylight (1913) ii. vi. 170 Of all unlikely things, to have the reputation of being a lady-killer..and to have a woman kill herself out of love for him! 1996 J. McCormick & S. Fisher-Hoch Level 4 xxii. 197 Don was quite a lady killer in those days, so his trip turned out to be something of an event for the girls of Segbwema. < as lemmas |
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