Lothario
Americannoun
plural
Lothariosnoun
Etymology
Origin of Lothario
After the young seducer in Nicholas Rowe's play The Fair Penitent (1703)
Example Sentences
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The choice of title is both a clever reference to the infamous 17th century literary Lothario and a reference to Maluma’s birth name, Juan Luis Londoño Arias.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2023
Endlessly catchy, it’s the closest Em has come to a club banger, and his problematic Lothario dazzles rather than disgusts because he dares you to take him seriously.
From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2020
Celebrity magazines had once covered “Burt and Loni” as a Hollywood golden couple, with Mr. Reynolds portrayed as a Lothario finally ready to settle down and Anderson as the blond bombshell who tamed him.
From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2018
Tim Scully is an introvert from Berkeley who eats the same thing every day; Nick Sand is a charming Lothario from Brooklyn.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2017
Iliey call him “Lo,” which is short for Lothario, which is meant to be witty, for he is a shy and silent man, a widower.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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