Lothario

lothario English Alternative forms en lothario Etymology Named after Lothario, a character in the play The Fair Penitent,1703 The Fair Penitent Nicholas Rowe Nicholas Rowe (writer) a reference to a seducer of the same name in the metastory of the Quixote called The Impertinent Curious Man.1605 Don Quixote 1885 In which is related the novel of "The Ill-Advised Curiosity" Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes John Ormsby Pronunciation en /loʊˈθɛəɹioʊ/ en en-ca-lothario.ogg CA Noun A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women. en lady-killer Casanova Thesaurus:promiscuous man Thesaurus:libertine en Pepe Le Pew metonymy Romeo metonymy Schools and Schoolmasters 437 High times, indeed, if unprincipled young rakes like him are to be permitted to invade the sanctity of domestic bliss; though do what the Bashaw will, he cannot keep the most notorious Lothario out of his bed; for alas! all fish bed in common. 1899 A Code of Morals 31 He warned her 'gainst seductive youths in scarlet clad and gold, / As much as 'gainst the blandishments paternal of the old; / But kept his gravest warnings for (hereby my ditty hangs) / That snowy-haired Lothario Lieutenant-General Bangs. en-GB Zoe Williams ‘The ironic, metrosexual lothario’: how Matthew Perry captured the spirit of the age The Guardian 2023-10-29 https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/oct/29/ironic-metrosexual-lothario-how-matthew-perry-captured-spirit-age-friends 0261-3077 So much of the plot structure rested on Chandler being the second string: the maladroit loser to Joey’s lothario, the joker skating beneath Ross’s romantic gravity. https://web.archive.org/web/20261015130318/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/oct/29/ironic-metrosexual-lothario-how-matthew-perry-captured-spirit-age-friends 15 October 2026 Translations seducer Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 好色之徒 Czech: cs lamač dívčích srdcí, cs svůdník m Dutch: nl verleider, nl rokkenjager, nl verleider Finnish: fi naistenmies French: fr coureur de jupons m, fr don Juan m German: de Don Juan m, de Schürzenjäger m Latin: la femellarius m, la mulierarius m Macedonian: mk за́водник m, mk заве́дувач m, mk же́нкар m, mk донжуа́н m Polish: pl uwodziciel m, pl casanova m Portuguese: pt sedutor m Russian: ru ловела́с m, ru бабник m Spanish: es seductor m References Further reading en Fictional characters Male people People en eponyms terms derived from fiction