philandering
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]philandering
- present participle and gerund of philander
Noun
[edit]philandering (plural philanderings)
- The action of one who philanders.
- 1893, George Bernard Shaw, The Philanderer:
- She wont be convinced by anything short of it; because, you see, I've had some tremendous philanderings before, and have gone back to her after them.
- 1977 April 23, David Holland, “Hockney: Portrait of the Artist as a Cuckold”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
- Straight critics […] were shocked by the explicit depiction of Peter's sexual philanderings, scenes that in 1977 are ho-hum in their shock value.