lothario

L1O1T1H4A1R1I1O1
/loʊˈθɛəɹioʊ/

noun

A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women.

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Meanings

lothario1

nounlothario (plural lotharios)

plural lotharios

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Lothario.

Lothario2

nounLothario (plural Lotharios)

plural Lotharios · alternative lothario

  1. A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women.

    So much of the plot structure rested on Chandler being the second string: the maladroit loser to Joey’s lothario, the joker skating beneath Ross’s romantic gravity.

    2023 October 29, Zoe Williams, “‘The ironic, metrosexual lothario’: how Matthew Perry captured the spirit of the age”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    2 more examples

    High times, indeed, if unprincipled young rakes like him are to be permitted to invade the sanctity of domestic bliss; though do what the Bashaw will, he cannot keep the most notorious Lothario out of his bed; for alas! all fish bed in common.

    1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Schools and Schoolmasters”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 437

    He warned her 'gainst seductive youths in scarlet clad and gold, / As much as 'gainst the blandishments paternal of the old; / But kept his gravest warnings for (hereby my ditty hangs) / That snowy-haired Lothario Lieutenant-General Bangs.

    1886, Rudyard Kipling, “[Departmental Ditties] A Code of Morals”, in Departmental Ditties […], New York, N.Y.: M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels, published 1899, →OCLC

    Synonyms: lady-killer, Casanova, benedick, cad, drabber, fuck boy, fuck-boy, fuckboy

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Named after Lothario, a character in the play The Fair Penitent, a reference to a seducer of the same name in the metastory of the Quixote called The Impertinent Curious Man.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 好色之徒
  • 好色之徒 (hàosèzhītú)seducer
Czech lamač dívčích srdcí, svůdník
  • lamač dívčích srdcíseducer
  • svůdníkseducer
Dutch verleider, rokkenjager
  • verleiderseducer
  • rokkenjagerseducer
Finnish naistenmies
  • naistenmiesseducer
French coureur de jupons, don Juan
  • coureur de juponsseducer
  • don Juanseducer
German Don Juan, Schürzenjäger
  • Don Juanseducer
  • Schürzenjägerseducer
Latin femellarius, mulierarius
  • femellariusseducer
  • mulierariusseducer
Polish uwodziciel, casanova
  • uwodzicielseducer
  • casanovaseducer
Portuguese sedutor
  • sedutorseducer
Russian ловела́с, бабник
  • ловела́с (lovelás)seducer
  • бабник (babnik)seducer
Spanish seductor
  • seductorseducer
Cite this entry
APA

lothario. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lothario

MLA

“lothario.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lothario. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lothario,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lothario.

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