Lothario

Meaning

Noun

• A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women.

Origin

• Named after Lothario, a character in the play The Fair Penitent,{{cite-book
• |year=1703
• |title=The Fair Penitent
• |url=
• |author=Nicholas Rowe
• |authorlink=Nicholas Rowe (writer)
• a reference to a seducer of the same name in the metastory of the Quixote called The Impertinent Curious Man.{{cite-book
• |year=1605
• |title=Don Quixote
• |year_published=1885
• |chapter=In which is related the novel of "The Ill-Advised Curiosity"
• |chapterurl=
• |author=Miguel de Cervantes
• |authorlink=Miguel de Cervantes
• |translator=John Ormsby