Casanovan.
/ˌkasəˈnəʊvə/, /ˌkazəˈnəʊvə/, U.S. /ˌkæzəˈnoʊvə/, /ˌkæsəˈnoʊvə/ Used allusively of a man whose amorous activities resemble those of Casanova.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > seduction > seducer
seducera1616
woman-killer1654
cousin1694
betrayer1766
ladykiller1769
Lovelace1773
Don Juan1847
wolf1847
Casanova1928
homme fatal1935
1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 215/1 There is also no doubt a touch of Casanova in Barry Lyndon's character.]
1928 E. Cantor My Life is in your Hands v. 52 My grandmother..came to box my ears and take the infant Casanova home.
1932 W. Faulkner Light in August i. 4 Young bachelors, or sawdust Casanovas..were even fewer in number than families.
1959 J. Braine Vodi vi. 94 A resplendent Casanova in a royal blue sports jacket.
Derivatives
Casaˈnova-ish adj.
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1951 J. Kerouac On the Road: Orig. Scroll (2007) 272 Decadent Casanovaish men.
Casanoˈvesque adj.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [adjective] > resembling specific seducers
Don Juanish1841
Don Juanesque1898
Casanovesque1925
1925 A. Huxley Those Barren Leaves i. vii. 68 Boasting..of one's Casanovesque capacities.
Casaˈnovian adj.
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1940 Time 4 Mar. 74/3 It concerns the adventures of a Casanovian Irishman, Gideon Ouseley, among the English.
Casaˈnovism n.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > seduction > behaviour of specific seducer
Don Juanism1879
Casanovism1903
Don Juanery1925
1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman p. xiv Don Juanism is no longer misunderstood as mere Casanovism.
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