philander

English

WOTD – 27 June 2012

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φίλανδρος (phílandros, “loving men”), from φιλία (philía, “love”) and ἀνδρός (andrós), genitive case of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪˈlændə/
• IPA^(key): /fɪˈlændəɹ/

Noun

philander (plural philanders)

1. A lover.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Congreve to this entry?)

2. A South American opossum, bare-tailed woolly opossum, , formerly .
3. An Australian bandicoot, greater bilby or bilby, Macrotis lagotis, formerly .

Translations

lover — see lover

Caluromys philander

• Finnish: philanderinvillapussirotta, venezuelanvillaopossumi
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Macrotis lagotis

• Finnish: isopussikaniini, isokorvapusseli
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Swedish: större kaninpunggrävling c

Further reading

• philander on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

philander (third-person singular simple present philanders, present participle philandering, simple past and past participle philandered)

1. (intransitive) To woo women; to play the male flirt.
   • (Can we date this quote by George Eliot and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     You can't go philandering after her again.

Synonyms

• womanize, womanise

Derived terms

• philanderer, philandering

Translations

To make love to women; to play the male flirt

• Estonian: liiderdama
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: флиртовать (ru) (flirtovatʹ)