paramour

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French par amor (through love).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈpa.ɹə.mʊə/, /ˈpa.ɹə.mɔː/, SAMPA: /"p{r.@.mU@/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈpæɹəmɔɹ/
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[edit] Adverb

paramour (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Of loving etc.: passionately, out of sexual desire; devotedly. [from 14th c.]
    • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:
      And as for to say that I love La Beall Isode paramoures, I dare make good that I do, and that she hath my servyse abovyn all other ladyes, and shall have, all the terme of my lyff.

[edit] Noun

paramour (plural paramours)

  1. An illicit lover, either male or female.

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