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Bookmark or Share- LOTHARIO | English meaning - Cambridge DictionaryMeaning of lothario in English. lothario. noun [ C ] uk / ləˈθɑː.ri.əʊ / us / loʊˈθer.i.oʊ / Add to word list. a man who has sex with a lot of different women: She managed to turn a legendary lothario into a devoted husband. (Definition of lothario from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
- Lothario Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster: a man whose chief interest is seducing women. Did you know? Lothario comes from The Fair Penitent (1703), a tragedy by Nicholas Rowe. In the play, Lothario is a notorious seducer, extremely attractive but a haughty and unfeeling scoundrel beneath his charming exterior.
- Lothario - WikipediaLothario is an Italian name used as shorthand for an unscrupulous seducer of women, based upon a character in The Fair Penitent, a 1703 tragedy by Nicholas Rowe. [1] [2] In Rowe's play, Lothario is a libertine who seduces and betrays Calista; and his success is the source for the proverbial nature of the name in the subsequent English culture. [3]
- Lothario - Wiktionary, the free dictionaryLothario (plural Lotharios) A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women. Synonyms: lady-killer, Casanova, Romeo; see also Thesaurus: promiscuous man, Thesaurus: libertine. Coordinate term: Romeo.
- Lothario | Romantic Rake, Don Juan, Casanova | BritannicaLothario, fictional character, an unfeeling rake and libertine whose chief interest is seducing women. He appeared in The Fair Penitent (1703), a tragedy in blank verse by Nicholas Rowe. Writer Samuel Richardson used “haughty, gallant, gay Lothario” as the model for the profligate Robert Lovelace.
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