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ladykilling

ladykilling adjective: womanizing, like a lady-killer.

Adjective

ladykilling (comparative more ladykilling, superlative most ladykilling)

  1. Womanizing, like a lady-killer.
    • That was when he played Jimmy Bond, an Americanized version of Ian Fleming’s ladykilling international spy, in an adaptation of “Casino Royale” for the CBS anthology series “Climax!”2007 April 14, Stuart Lavietes, “Barry Nelson, Broadway and Film Actor, Dies at 86”, in New York Times

Forms of ladykilling

comparativemore ladykilling
superlativemost ladykilling

Origin of ladykilling

From lady + killing.

Questions about ladykilling

What does ladykilling mean?
Ladykilling means womanizing, like a lady-killer.
What part of speech is ladykilling?
Ladykilling is an adjective.

Words near ladykilling in the dictionary

  1. ladyish
  2. ladyism
  3. ladyisms
  4. ladykiller
  5. ladykillers
  6. ladykilling
  7. ladykin
  8. ladykind
  9. ladykins
  10. ladyless
  11. ladylike

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