Lothario
pronunciation
How to pronounce Lothario in British English:
UK [ləˈθɑːriəʊ; ləˈθeəriəʊ]
How to pronounce Lothario in American English:
US [ lo'θɛərɪo]
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- Noun:
- a successful womanizer (after a fictional seducer)
Word Origin
- Lothario
- masc. proper name, Italian form of Old High German Hlothari, Hludher (whence German Luther, French Lothaire), literally "famous warrior," from Old High German lut (see loud) + heri "host, army" (see harry (v.)). As a characteristic name for a lady-killer, 1756, from the name of the principal male character of Nicholas Rowe's "The Fair Penitent" (1703).
Example
- 1. Now they have nothing : just an ageing lothario clinging to power .
- 2. The spineless lothario is nowhere to be found .
- 3. " One of my customers was an american interior designer and aging lothario , " lachter recalls .
- 4. Your boss has now breached all the usual divides between professional and personal life and by treating you like an intimate , she makes you feel you ought to tell her about your lothario flatmate .