Crossword clues for paramour
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Paramour \Par"a*mour`\, Paramours \Par"a*mours`\, adv. By or with love, esp. the love of the sexes; -- sometimes written as two words. [Obs.]
For par amour, I loved her first ere thou.
--Chaucer.
Paramour \Par"a*mour\, n. [F. par amour, lit., by or with love. See 2d Par, and Amour.]
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A lover, of either sex; a wooer or a mistress (formerly in a good sense, now only in a bad one); one who takes the place, without possessing the rights, of a husband or wife; -- used of a man or a woman.
The seducer appeared with dauntless front, accompanied by his paramour
--Macaulay. Love; gallantry. [Obs.] ``For paramour and jollity.''
--Chaucer.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, noun use of adverbial phrase par amour (c.1300) "passionately, with strong love or desire," from Anglo-French and Old French par amour, from accusative of amor "love," from amare "to love" (see Amy). Originally a term for Christ (by women) or the Virgin Mary (by men), it came to mean "darling, sweetheart" (mid-14c.) and "mistress, concubine, clandestine lover" (late 14c.).
Wiktionary
adv. (label en obsolete of loving, etc.) passionately, out of sexual desire; devotedly. (from 14thc.) n. An illicit lover, either male or female.
WordNet
Wikipedia
- Redirect Intimate relationship
On 19 August 2015, Cirque du Soleil announced the creation of their first resident, musical theatre show at the Lyric Theatre on Broadway, New York. Paramour is themed to the "Golden age of Hollywood" and will follow the life of "a poet who is forced to choose between love and art". It has similar elements to Cirque du Soleil's retired Los Angeles resident show in Iris (which was also themed on cinema) written and created by Philippe Decouflé and has a 38-person onstage cast for the show. Paramour began preview shows on 16 April 2016, with an official premiere on 25 May 2016.
During previews, Paramour got off to a strong start and grossed over $1 million dollars in its first six shows.
The show is directed by French director-choreographer Philippe Decouflé, who was also the director of the cinema themed Cirque du Soleil show Iris. The rest of the creative team is also the same as for Iris apart from the assistant directors, composer and sound designer. Scenes from Iris, such as aerial straps performed by the Atherton twins (who also performed in Iris), were incorporated into Paramour.
Paramour is also a musical featuring ten original songs.
Usage examples of "paramour".
I would never flaunt a paramour, especially a relatively young woman who has never been married, in Society.
And then she recalled how cool and remote he had been when he had asked her to become his paramour, how he had deliberately seduced her on the sofa while holding himself in check.
If you steal the paramour of Caliphat-the-Crucifier, who is my brother, you will cause a family war and many people will be put to the sword.
Then there were the infrequent visits from his hefty paramour, who always rushed to see him immediately her ship hove into port.
Never had she had two such powerful orgasms in one session and here she was going to have three, so long as her unknown paramour did not do her the discourtesy of spending his load too early.
And for that promise of love, she would easily do whatever small favor her paramour asked.
A fear that the woman was a former paramour, perhaps bent on blackmailing Gabriel for some dark secret or past indiscretion he found unbearable to confide.
I was alone when I was changed, and my paramour was old and badly crippled.
Perhaps your paramour will destroy her, when it is stronger, and if I so choose, but you destroyed only the copy of a copy.
I told you how it began, of the little machines which were as much a part of my paramour as your fingers and toes and eyes and ears are a part of you, Yamamanama.
And then my paramour stood before me, terrible in its glory, and told me the true history of the world.
The little seeds that I tricked him into ingesting were from my paramour, of course, my paramour and your father.
You fear my paramour because it is so much more powerful than the aspect of the dead woman which you worship.
Chelsea dryly inquired, wondering instead if some paramour of his was about to increase her wardrobe.
Sir William Hamilton, showed them every favor, particularly after they invited his paramour Emma Hart to dinner.