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out-paramouring

out-paramouring is the present participle and gerund of out-paramour.

Meaning of out-paramour

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...

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Questions about out-paramouring

What is out-paramouring the present participle and gerund of?
Out-paramouring is the present participle and gerund of out-paramour.

Words near out-paramouring in the dictionary

  1. out-of-work
  2. out-paramour
  3. out-paramour the Turk
  4. out-paramoured
  5. out-paramoured the Turk
  6. out-paramouring
  7. out-paramouring the Turk
  8. out-paramours
  9. out-paramours the Turk
  10. out-patient
  11. out-patients

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