单词 | women's man |
释义 | > as lemmaswomen's man women's man n. = woman's man n. at Compounds 3. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > flirt > male flirt > ladies' man or philanderer gallanta1450 dalliera1568 women's man1568 amorist1595 woman's man1597 lady-mongerc1600 dammaret1635 topgallant1701 agapet1736 ladies' man1764 Jack among the maids1785 philanderer1841 Romeo1902 tea-hound1921 bird dog1942 1568 T. Drant tr. Gregory of Nazianzus Epigr. & Sentences sig. C.v Ye womens men aright. To squire them vp and downe. 1680 Earl of Rochester Let. from Artemiza in Town 3 Though all mankinde Perceives us false, the Fop concern'd is blinde; Who doating on himself—Thinks every one that sees him, of his minde. These are true womens men. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 536. ¶2 That part of Mankind who are known by the Name of the Womens-Men or Beaus. 1857 Trial Charles B. Huntington 251 He said he had a reputation for being a great women's man, but he said that he was not so. 1916 W. L. George Strangers' Wedding iii. iii. 324 She did not realise that this women's man had at once gauged her, assumed her tastes to please her. 1986 J. V. Crewe Hidden Designs v. 123 Sidney disappears in to a gentlemanly ruck..of women's men in which some seem to be actual noblemen and some not.., some important poets and some not, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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