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Lothario

[ loh-thair-ee-oh ]

/ loʊˈθɛər iˌoʊ /

noun, plural Lo·thar·i·os.

(sometimes lowercase) a man who obsessively seduces and deceives women.

Origin of Lothario

after the young seducer in Nicholas Rowe's play The Fair Penitent (1703)

SYNONYMS FOR Lothario

Don Juan, Romeo, Casanova.

Example sentences from the Web for lothario

Later, his turn as a lothario in the box office hit Crazy Stupid Love made him even more swoon-worthy.

Rob Lowe: Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful |Tricia Romano |April 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
We have a fantasy that Don Draper is a lothario who can go out and get any woman that he wants.

Mad Men's Slap-Happy Return |Jace Lacob |July 25, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
How this middle-aged Lothario chanced to meet the Rhode Island belle, no one knows.

Superwomen |Albert Payson Terhune
This young gentleman seems to be quite a Lothario, and knows all the girls about here.

Sport in Abyssinia |Dermot Mayo

Lothario hears her words and proves his devotion by setting fire to the theatre while the performance is in progress.

The Opera |R.A. Streatfeild
Our friend was called to breakfast by the boy: he found the abb waiting in the hall; Lothario, it appeared, had ridden out.

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) |Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Before Theresa's answer came to hand, Lothario sent for our friend.

The World's Greatest Books, Vol IV. |Editors: Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton

British Dictionary definitions for lothario

Lothario

/ (ləʊˈθɑːrɪˌəʊ) /

noun plural -os

(sometimes not capital) a rake, libertine, or seducer

Word Origin for Lothario

C18: after a seducer in Nicholas Rowe's tragedy The Fair Penitent (1703)