Associations to the word «Philander»

Wiktionary

PHILANDER, noun. A lover.
PHILANDER, noun. A South American opossum, bare-tailed woolly opossum, Caluromys philander, formerly Didelphis philander.
PHILANDER, noun. An Australian bandicoot, greater bilby or bilby, Macrotis lagotis, formerly Perameles lagotis.
PHILANDER, verb. To make love to women; to play the male flirt.

Dictionary definition

PHILANDER, verb. Have amorous affairs; of men; "He has been womanizing for years".
PHILANDER, verb. Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn