significant-othered
significant-othered adjective: having a significant other.
Adjective
significant-othered (not comparable)
- Having a significant other.
- But along the way, the hunk lost his job and moved; and my roommate and her husband separated, so none of them are coming. :( And now, I think I'm the only single or non-significant-othered person who'll be there...1996 October 25, hallie arrington, “AMC: TAN: Ratsa Takes NYC by Storm”, in rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Dec 2025
- Three women are college professors; a few didn’t get any farther than high school. We represent the married, widowed, single, significant-othered, divorced; some have children, grandchildren, even great-grandchildren.2000, Ann O’Neal Garcia, “‘There’s Life in the Old Dame Yet…”, in Cynthia Black, editor, Our Turn, Our Time: Women Truly Coming of Age, Hillsboro, Ore.: Beyond Words Publishing, →ISBN, page 100
- Synonyms:
- significantly othered
Synonyms of significant-othered
Forms of significant-othered
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Origin of significant-othered
From significant other + -ed.
Questions about significant-othered
- What does significant-othered mean?
- Significant-othered means having a significant other.
- What part of speech is significant-othered?
- Significant-othered is an adjective.
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