paramour
To have an illicit or secret affair with a person, especially someone who is not one's…To have an illicit or secret affair with a person, especially someone who is not one's spouse.
Meaning
1 senses(dated)To have an illicit or secret affair with a person, especially someone who is not one's spouse.
Examples
4 sentencesTom has a lot of paramours.
She spent the weekend with her paramour.
ruОна провела выходные с любовником. — marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tom's paramour Mary studies the history of claims of telepathy.
Tom is Mary's paramour.
Origin
The adverb is derived from Middle English par amour, paramore, paramours (“with sexual desThe adverb is derived from Middle English par amour, paramore, paramours (“with sexual desire or love, passionately; in a courteous or friendly manner”), from Anglo-Norman par amur (“in a friendly or willing manner”) and Old French par amur, par amour, paramours (“by or through love”) (modern French par amour), from par (“by; through; etc.”) (from Latin per (“by means of, through”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; etc.”)) + amor, amur (“love”, noun) (from Latin amōrem, the accusative singular of amor (“desire, lust; affection, love”), from amō (“to love”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- (“to grasp, seize; to take hold; to touch; etc.”)) + -or (suffix forming abstract nouns)).
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Forms
paramours, paramouring, paramoured, paramoured| Base form | paramour · to paramour |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | paramours |
| Present participle | paramouring |
| Past simple | paramoured |
| Past participle | paramoured |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle