Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lothario

/loʊˈθɛəɹioʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: lothario
IPA: /loʊˈθɛəɹioʊ/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Lothario.

Example Sentences

"High times, indeed, if unprincipled young rakes like him are to be permitted to invade the sanctity of domestic bliss; though do what the Bashaw will, he cannot keep the most notorious Lothario out of his bed; for alas! all fish bed in common."
"He warned her 'gainst seductive youths in scarlet clad and gold, / As much as 'gainst the blandishments paternal of the old; / But kept his gravest warnings for (hereby my ditty hangs) / That snowy-haired Lothario Lieutenant-General Bangs."
"So much of the plot structure rested on Chandler being the second string: the maladroit loser to Joey’s lothario, the joker skating beneath Ross’s romantic gravity."

Etymology

Named after Lothario, a character in the play The Fair Penitent, a reference to a seducer of the same name in the metastory of the Quixote called The Impertinent Curious Man.

Inflected Forms

Lotharios (plural)

Synonyms

lady-killer Casanova benedick cad drabber fuck boy fuck-boy fuckboy gallant goat he-bitch himbo

Questions

How do you pronounce lothario?: The recorded pronunciation is /loʊˈθɛəɹioʊ/.
What does lothario mean?: A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women.
Where does lothario come from?: Named after Lothario, a character in the play The Fair Penitent, a reference to a seducer of the same name in the metastory of the Quixote called The Impertinent Curious Man.

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