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▪ I. philander, n.|fɪˈlændə(r)|
[ad. Gr. ϕίλανδρος adj., loving or fond of men, (of a woman) loving her husband, f. ϕιλο-, philo- + ἀνήρ, ἄνδρ-α man, male, husband; hence used as a proper name in story, drama, dialogue; in later use esp. for a lover (perh. misunderstood as = a loving man).
Thus in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, Filandro was the youth beloved and ruined by the lustful Gabrina; and in Beaumont and Fletcher's Laws of Candy, one of the personages is ‘Philander Prince of Cyprus, passionately in love with Erota’; but the name seems to have been more particularly matched with Phillis, as in quot. 1682. Cf. Phillis.]
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a. A lover; one given to making love. Obs.
[a1682(title of Ballad) The faithful Lovers Downfal: or, The Death of Fair Phillis Who Killed her self for loss of her Philander. Ibid., Philander, ah Philander! still the bleeding Phillis cries, She wept awhile, And she forc't a Smile, then clos'd her eyes and dyes.] 1700Congreve Way of World v. i, I'll couple you! yes, I'll baste you together, you and your Philander. [1709Tatler No. 13 ⁋1 Enter'd Philander, who is the most skilful of all Men in an Address to Women.] 1794C. Pigott Female Jockey Club 99 Those philanders of former times once led Captivity Captive, too happy to be bound in her fetters. 1813Moore Post-bag viii, Bring thy best lace, thou gay Philander!
b. A love-making or philandering.
1898G. B. Shaw Philanderer i. 78 It was nothing but a philander with Julia—nothing else in the world, I assure you.
2. A name given to certain marsupial animals (also filander).[From the name of Philander de Bruyn, who saw in 1711 in the garden of the Dutch governor of Batavia the species named after him (in a), being the first member of the family known to Europeans. (Morris Austral Eng.)] a. A small wallaby (Macropus brunnii) first described by Philander de Bruyn.
b. A South American opossum (Didelphys philander).
c. An Australian bandicoot (Perameles lagotis).
1737[see filander3]. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Didelphis, the name by which Linnæus calls the animal called philander by other writers. 1896List Anim. Zool. Soc. (ed. 9) 215 Didelphys philander,..Philander Opossum.
▪ II. † philander
obs. f. filander1, intestinal worm in hawks.
1596Harington Metam. Ajax D iv, You feare shee hath the philanders.
▪ III. phiˈlander, v.
Also 9 filander.
[f. philander n.; lit. ‘to act or do the Philander’.]
1. intr. To make love, especially in a trifling manner; to flirt; to dangle after a woman.
1737[implied in philandering]. 1788Disinterested Love I. 53, I must disguise my sentiments, or I shall get none of the pretty fools to philander with. a1805A. Carlyle Autobiog. 92, I passed the day..between disputing with my landlord, and walking about and philandering with the ladies. 1826Disraeli Viv. Grey ii. i, The military M.P. fled to the drawing-room to philander with Mrs. Grey. 1875Mrs. Randolph W. Hyacinth I. iii. 58 You surely don't expect me to go philandering about the woods playing Corydon to my cousin Phyllis. 1881M. E. Braddon Asph. I. 191 [To] cure him of this inclination to philander.
†2. trans. To pay court to, make love to. Obs.
1792Elvina II. 61, I could have Philandered the daughter, and complimented the father.
Hence phiˈlandering vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1737Mrs. A. Granville in Mrs. Delany's Life & Corr. I. 597, I was extremely diverted with the philandering you gave me an account of..Bath is not a place to keep lovers a secret. 1860Thackeray Four Georges ii. (1876) 48 Henrietta Howard accepted the noble old earl's philandering. 1884Sat. Rev. 7 June 736/2 Sham piety and philandering religiousness. |