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out-paramour

out-paramour verb: to exceed in the number of romantic affairs.

Verb

out-paramour (third-person singular simple present out-paramours, present participle out-paramouring, simple past and past participle out-paramoured)

  1. (archaic) To exceed in the number of romantic affairs.
    • So when some wild deceiving boy / Assaults th' unspotted virgin, / At first the lass is very coy, / And long resists his urging. / But after she is fairly won, / And the foul deed is over, / The wanton gypsy, not half done, / Out-paramours her lover.1757, John Maclaurin, The Philosopher's Opera, Edinburgh, →OCLC; chapter 21, in James Fieser, editor, Early Responses to Hume’s Life and Reputation: I, second revised edition, Bristol: Thoemmes...

Forms of out-paramour

third-person singular presentout-paramours
present participleout-paramouring
past participleout-paramoured
pastout-paramoured

Origin of out-paramour

From out- + paramour.

Words formed from out-paramour

Questions about out-paramour

What does out-paramour mean?
Out-paramour means to exceed in the number of romantic affairs.
What part of speech is out-paramour?
Out-paramour is a verb.
What is the past tense of out-paramour?
The past tense of out-paramour is out-paramoured.

Words near out-paramour in the dictionary

  1. out-of-townish
  2. out-of-tree
  3. out-of-universe
  4. out-of-whack
  5. out-of-work
  6. out-paramour
  7. out-paramour the Turk
  8. out-paramoured
  9. out-paramoured the Turk
  10. out-paramouring
  11. out-paramouring the Turk

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