paramour

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n. 情夫, 情妇, 情人 [法] 奸夫, 奸妇

发音

UK /ˈpæɹəmʊə/
UK /-mɔː/
US /ˈpɛɹəˌmʊ(ə)ɹ/
US
US /-ˌmɔɹ/

词形变化

paramours 复数 paramours paramoured paramouring paramours 三单 paramouring 现在分词 paramoured 过去式 paramoured 过去分词

别名

engle paramours

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who is the object of one's love, especially in an affair or romance; a lover; also, a sexual partner.

    古体
  2. 2.

    A person (especially someone who is not one's spouse) with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; also (Scotland, US, law), one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair.

    奸夫

    奸妇

    男妾

    姘头

    情妇

    相好

    过时 引申义

    to run away with a paramour

  3. 3.

    A woman who is the object of a knight's love, and who he fights for.

    历史 引申义
  4. 4.

    God as the object of a person's devotion or love.

    废旧 宗教 引申义
v.
  1. 1.

    To have an illicit or secret affair with a person, especially someone who is not one's spouse.

    过时 不及物
adv.
  1. 1.

    Of loving, etc.: out of or through romantic feeling or sexual desire; passionately.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    Used chiefly when addressing someone: out of or through devotion or kindness; as a favour or kindness.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

concubine courtesan doxy

上位词 3

lover mistress kept woman

下位词 2

fancy man odalisque

词源

The adverb is derived from Middle English par amour, paramore, paramours (“with sexual desire or love, passionately; in a courteous or friendly manner”), from Anglo-Norman par amur (“in a friendly or willing manner”) and Old French par amur, par amour, paramours (“by or through love”) (modern French par amour), from par (“by; through; etc.”) (from Latin per (“by means of, through”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; etc.”)) + amor, amur (“love”, noun) (from Latin amōrem, the accusative singular of amor (“desire, lust; affection, love”), from amō (“to love”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- (“to grasp, seize; to take hold; to touch; etc.”)) + -or (suffix forming abstract nouns)). The noun is from Middle English paramour, paramoure, paramur, peramour (“wife; concubine; mistress; husband; male lover; darling, sweetheart; romantic love; sexual passion; (Christianity) Jesus Christ; the Virgin Mary; divine or spiritual love”), from par amour, paramore (adverb) (see above), possibly from a misinterpretation of to love paramour(s) (“to love passionately”) to mean “to love a beloved person”. The verb is partly from both of the following: * From Middle English paramouren (“to love (someone)”), probably derived from the adverb (see above). The Middle English word is only attested in one (possibly 15th-century) source and does not appear to have been used again until the 17th century; compare William Shakespeare's use of out-paramour in King Lear (written c. 1603–1606): see the 1608 quotation. * Uses from the 17th century onwards are probably derived from the noun.

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