Definition of PARAMOUR

paramour

Meanings

Plural: paramours

Noun

  • a woman's lover
  • a woman who cohabits with an important man
  • An illicit lover, either male or female.
  • The Virgin Mary or Jesus Christ (when addressed by a person of the opposite sex).

Verb

  • To go with a paramour; to have an affair.

Adv

  • Passionately, out of sexual desire.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English paramour, paramoure, peramour, paramur, from Old French par amor (“for love's sake”). The modern pronunciation is apparently an Early Modern English readaptation of the French.

Synonyms

bit on the side, concubine, courtesan, devotedly, doxy, dulcinea, fancy man, goomah, leman, loon, minx, mistress, number two, passionately, side bitch, side chick, side piece, side ting, sprunk, strumpet, wench, wifelet

Scrabble Score: 12

paramour is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
paramour is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
paramour is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

paramour is a valid Words With Friends word