lothario

noun, often capitalized lo·thar·io \ lō-ˈther-ē-ˌō , -ˈthär- \

Definition of lothario

plural lotharios

:a man whose chief interest is seducing women

Examples of lothario in a Sentence

a novel about the loveless existence of an aging lothario

Recent Examples of lothario from the Web

The proud mom is two-year-old P-53 and the suspected pops is local lion lothario P-12, who crossed into the Santa Monica Mountains from the north and who brought a new set of genes to a population seriously lacking in genetic diversity.

— marielle wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, "Two Precious Mountain Lion Kittens Have Been Found in the Santa Monica Mountains," 29 Aug. 2017
From there, Mace's friend VP (Priyank Thakkar), a neighborhood lothario of Indian descent, enters the ring, refashioned as a Muslim terrorist and christened the Fundamentalist.

— justin hayford, Chicago Reader, "There's no audience takedown in The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity," 23 Aug. 2017
Similarly out of place is Zahid (Nik Dodani), Sam’s best friend, a dweeby and foul-mouthed lothario right out of a Judd Apatow comedy.

— sophie gilbert, The Atlantic, "Atypical Is So Close to Great," 13 Aug. 2017
But this version of Gilbert (played by Lucas Jade Zumann, who was so endearingly earnest in 2016’s 20th Century Women) is a smug-yet-woke little lothario.

— joanna robinson, VanityFair.com, "Anne of Green Gables: Netflix’s Bleak Adaptation Gets It All So Terribly Wrong," 12 May 2017
The story revolves around a lothario (Derbez) who is finally dumped after 25 years of marriage and must move in with his estranged sister (Salma Hayek).

— john hecht, The Hollywood Reporter, "Box Office: 'How to Be a Latin Lover' Wows Mexican Audiences," 8 May 2017
There was one old dark male, an aging lothario, who was always in the same place.

— alex shoumatoff, Smithsonian, "To Save Giraffes, We May Need to Put Our Necks Out," 2 May 2017
Matthews' brother, the hunky Made In Chelsea soccer star Spencer Matthews, who is quite the lothario, has reportedly been tapped as the best man.

— nardine saad, latimes.com, "Pippa Middleton sets wedding date, and here's everything we know so far," 10 Apr. 2017
Jack Nicholson, the iconic Oscar winner and legendary lothario, has not retired.

— vanityfair.com, "Jack Nicholson Is Finally Returning to the Big Screen," 7 Feb. 2017

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Did You Know?

Lothario comes from The Fair Penitent (1703), a tragedy by Nicholas Rowe. In the play, Lothario is a notorious seducer, extremely attractive but beneath his charming exterior a haughty and unfeeling scoundrel. He seduces Calista, an unfaithful wife and later the fair penitent of the title. After the play was published, the character of Lothario became a stock figure in English literature. For example, Samuel Richardson modeled the character of Lovelace on Lothario in his 1748 novel Clarissa. As the character became well known, his name became progressively more generic, and since the 18th century the word lothario has been used for a foppish, unscrupulous rake.