Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of philander
nounphilandering (plural philanderings)
plural philanderings
- The action of one who philanders.
Straight critics […] were shocked by the explicit depiction of Peter's sexual philanderings, scenes that in 1977 are ho-hum in their shock value.
1977 April 23, David Holland, “Hockney: Portrait of the Artist as a Cuckold”, in Gay Community News, page 151 more example
She wont be convinced by anything short of it; because, you see, I've had some tremendous philanderings before, and have gone back to her after them.
1893, George Bernard Shaw, The Philanderer
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