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
Samba, as the story’s emotional fulcrum and bookish Lothario, makes Camille both mellow and magnetic, someone whose sensitivity and openness to the many women passing through his life can be both vice and virtue.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022
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
He said, “Good evening, Colonel. Lo Armistead. The ‘Lo’ is short for Lothario.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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