单词 | philander |
释义 | philandern.1 1. Chiefly poetic (usually with capital initial). A lover; a male sweetheart. Also (in later use): a man given to philandering, a philanderer. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > flirt toyer1577 encounterer1609 philander1676 coquette1710 flirter1814 1676 N. Teat To Author in T. Flatman Poems & Songs (ed. 2) sig. a 5 Whilst thy Philander's tuneful voice we hear..We sigh perhaps or drop a tear. 1683 J. Oldham Poems & Transl. 124 Too strong, Philander, is thy pow'rful Art To take a feeble Maids ill-guarded Heart. 1700 W. Congreve Way of World v. i. 72 I'll couple you, Yes, I'll baste you together, you and your Philander. 1721 T. D'Urfey Ariadne ii. i. 201 He sighs like any Village Virgin, That first looks pale for her Philander. 1785 J. O'Keeffe Fontainbleau i. i. 10 You know I was always a Philander among the ladies. 1794 C. Pigott Female Jockey Club 99 Those philanders of former times once led Captivity Captive, too happy to be bound in her fetters. 1813 T. Moore Intercepted Lett. viii. 38 Bring thy best lace, thou gay Philander! a1839 J. Smith Comic Misc. (1840) 293 Anxiety burns every bosom by turns To flirt with this royal Philander. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 16 Oct. 5/2 Better be a savage of some use than a gentle, amorous puppy, obnoxious to all the world. One of the wildest of wild clans is a worthier being than a perfect Philander. 2003 Re: MJ for Governor! in alt.music.michael-jackson (Usenet newsgroup) 10 Oct. The republicans who criticized him [sc. Clinton] the loudest for being a philander were pots calling the kettle black. 2. A casual romantic or sexual encounter; the action of philandering. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > instance of philandering philander1898 1898 G. B. Shaw Philanderer i. 78 It was nothing but a philander with Julia—nothing else in the world, I assure you. 1972 E. Merriam Double Bed iii. 85 Here comes another gander Looking for philander; Claims his marriage knot's a noose, But doesn't want to cut it loose. 2002 NFT Programme Booklet (National Film Theatre) Sept. 23/1 In 1969, Frank Muir..persuaded Galton and Simpson to write a Comedy Playhouse style series for ITV. In The Suit we find Leslie Phillips in full philander. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). philandern.2 Zoology. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Macropodidae > kangaroo > kangaroos of genus Macropus > macropus brunii (filander) philander1737 1737 tr. C. de Bruyn Trav. into Muscovy II. lxvii. 101 When I was at our general's country seat [in Java] I saw a certain animal called Filander [Fr. un certain animal, qu'on nomme Filander]. 1841 G. R. Waterhouse Marsupialia 225 Filander Kangaroo, Macropus Brunii. 2. Any of various marsupials of the genus Philander, now restricted to South American opossums of the family Didelphidae which typically have a white spot above each eye. Also (now chiefly) philander opossum.Valid publication of the genus name: F. Tiedemann Zoologie (1808) I. 426. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Didelphidae (opossum) > other types of philander1753 marmose1774 murine opossum1796 water opossum1819 yapock1827 manicou1953 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Didelphis, the name by which Linnæus calls the animal called philander by other writers. 1775 W. Kenrick & J. Murdoch tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Animals, Veg., & Minerals II. 352 The middle-sized and small ones are,..the coati, the paca, the philander, or opossum, the aperea, and the tatou. 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 188 (heading) Philander opossum. 1859 S. G. Goodrich Illustr. Nat. Hist. Animal Kingdom II. Index 672/1 Philander, Naked-tailed. 1871 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 161 258 Some Opossums, e.g. the murine and dorsigerous Philanders,..have the mandible intermediate in size. 1981 Biotropica 13 233 A Javelin Model 221 night vision scope was used to observe predators, including philander opossums (Philander opossum), at distances of 2-4 m. ΚΠ 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 104 Two or three more [bandicoots] have been indicated, one of which, P[erameles] lagotis, Reid, is ranged by Prof. Owen as the Philander (Thalacomys, Owen). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). philanderv. 1. intransitive. Esp. of a man: to flirt; to engage in casual sexual or romantic encounters. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > flirt, philander, or dally [verb (intransitive)] flicker?c1225 dallyc1440 mird?c1625 pickeer1646 to dally away1685 niggle1696 coquet1700 gallant1744 philander1778 flirt1781 fike1804 gallivant1823 butterfly1893 vamp1904 romance1907 to fool up1933 floss1938 cop1940 horse1953 1778 R. Gardiner Let. to Sir Harbord Harbord 82 Instead of looking after his horses, teams and ploughs,..he is Philandering with the Maids. 1788 Disinterested Love I. 53 I must disguise my sentiments, or I shall get none of the pretty fools to philander with. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. i. 77 The military M.P. fled to the drawing-room to philander with Mrs. Grey. 1875 Mrs. Randolph Wild Hyacinth I. iii. 58 You surely don't expect me to go philandering about the woods playing Corydon to my cousin Phyllis. 1921 J. Galsworthy To Let 195 I had no time or inclination to philander. 1951 Internat. Organization 5 709 They philandered with the forces of fascism in the vain hope that the latter would move eastwards and crush communism. 1995 Entertainm. Weekly 20 Oct. 58/1 Desi Arnaz philandered! ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > court or woo [verb (transitive)] wooc1290 court1580 suitc1586 accourt1590 suitor1672 address1700 gallantize1728 philander1787 to stick up1830 spark1888 romance1931 lumber1938 1787 Acct. Loss His Majesty's Ship Deal Castle 27 We amused ourselves with visiting the neighbouring cottagers, and philandering the rural maidens. 1792 Elvina II. 61 I could have Philandered the daughter, and complimented the father. 1847 Littell's Living Age 7 Aug. 253/1 We have him describing the same great man as alternately philandering, sonnetizing, and satirizing some coquette. 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