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Paramour
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is paramount. Does it mean:
| chief in importance |
| agreement in direction, tendency, or character |
Example Sentences
- The student and her paramour lost valuable credibility.
- Onlookers watch as Michael switches on his digital paramour.
- It was also where she found her peppy young paramour.
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World English Dictionary
| paramour (ˈpærəˌmʊə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | derogatory chiefly a lover, esp an adulterous woman |
| 2. | an archaic word for beloved |
| [C13: from Old French, literally: through love] | |
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Word Origin & History
paramour
c.1300, noun use of adv. phrase par amour (c.1300) "passionately, with strong love or desire," from Anglo-Fr. par amour, from acc. 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"
EXPAND(c.1350) and "mistress, concubine, clandestine lover" (late 14c.).
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