Paramour vs Wife - What's the difference?
paramour | wife |
*Chaucer
*:For par amour I loved her first ere thou.
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*:Is this trouthe said Palomydes / Thenne shall we hastely here of sire Tristram / And as for to say that I loue la Beale Isoud peramours I dare make good that I doo / and that she hath my seruyse aboue alle other ladyes / and shalle haue the terme of my lyf
An illicit lover, either male or female.
* (rfdate), Macaulay:
A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
* (The Fisherman and His Wife)
* , chapter=10
, title= The female of a pair of mated animals.
As nouns the difference between paramour and wife
is that paramour is an illicit lover, either male or female while wife is a married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.As an adverb paramour
is passionately, out of sexual desire; devotedly.paramour
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Alternative forms
* paramoursAdverb
(-)Noun
(en noun)- The seducer appeared with dauntless front, accompanied by his paramour .
Synonyms
* (l) * (l)wife
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Noun
(wives)- My wife and I have decided to have a baby.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}