out-paramour the Turk

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To have many romantic affairs. archaic,idiomatic
    — [W]ine loued I deeply, dice deerely, and in vvoman out paromord the Turke, […]

词形变化

out-paramours the Turk present,singular,third-person out-paramouring the Turk participle,present out-paramoured the Turk participle,past out-paramoured the Turk past

词源

Uttered by the character Edgar in Shakespeare's King Lear (see quote). Likely a reference to one of various Ottoman Sultans (often referred to as the Grand Turk) famous for their large harems, or to the more general practice of polygyny associated with Islam.
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