Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

out-paramour the turk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: out---paramour the -turk
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To have many romantic affairs.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"[W]ine loued I deeply, dice deerely, and in vvoman out paromord the Turke, […]"
"Thus Woman, Nature’s chastest work, / Lust-struck, out-paramours the Turk."
"Another pamphlet asserts of them that "they out-swear the French, out-drink the Dutch, and out-paramour the Turk.""
"You know Poor Tom's frightful category: false of heart, light of ear, bloody of hand, hog in sloth, fox in stealth, wolf in greediness, dog in madness, lion in prey; loving wine deeply, dice dearly, and in woman out-paramouring the Turk."
"He is charged, too, with having out-paramoured the Turk; making himself notorious in New York by his attentions to a Russian lady of distinction; […]"
"Napoleon, it has been well said, "out-paramoured the Turk." The history of his liaisons would fill a large volume."

Etymology

Uttered by the character Edgar in Shakespeare's King Lear (see quote). Likely a reference to one of various Ottoman Sultans (often referred to as the Grand Turk) famous for their large harems, or to the more general practice of polygyny associated with Islam.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

out-paramours the Turk (present, singular) out-paramouring the Turk (participle, present) out-paramoured the Turk (participle, past) out-paramoured the Turk (past)

Questions

What does out-paramour the turk mean?: To have many romantic affairs.
Where does out-paramour the turk come from?: Uttered by the character Edgar in Shakespeare's King Lear (see quote). Likely a reference to one of various Ottoman Sultans (often referred to as the Grand Turk) famous for their large harems, or to the more general practice of polygyny associated with Islam.

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