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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: mis- and phil- #60649 03/11/2002 4:45 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London A philander ought to be, by its formation, a lover of men, and this is what it meant in Ancient Greek; but it was later (I don't know when) misused as if it meant a loving man. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted mis- and phil- modestgoddess 03/11/2002 3:51 PM Re: mis- and phil- wwh 03/11/2002 4:13 PM Re: mis- and phil- NicholasW 03/11/2002 4:45 PM Re: mis- and phil- Faldage 03/11/2002 4:54 PM Re: philander(er) WhitmanO'Neill 03/11/2002 6:01 PM philander tsuwm 03/11/2002 6:38 PM Re: philander modestgoddess 03/11/2002 11:26 PM Re: philander wwh 03/11/2002 11:35 PM Re: philander Keiva 03/12/2002 12:09 AM Re: philander NicholasW 03/12/2002 8:16 AM Re: philander boronia 03/12/2002 1:15 PM Re: philander RhubarbCommando 03/12/2002 3:49 PM Re: philander wwh 03/12/2002 3:55 PM Re: philander modestgoddess 03/20/2002 8:07 PM WHAT are we to call women who love men? TEd Remington 03/12/2002 4:17 PM Re: WHAT are we to call women who love men? wwh 03/12/2002 4:51 PM Re: WHAT are we to call women who love men? Capital Kiwi 03/12/2002 6:00 PM Re: WHAT are we to call women who love men? wwh 03/12/2002 6:03 PM Philander TEd Remington 03/11/2002 6:03 PM Re: mis- and phil- Capital Kiwi 03/21/2002 9:56 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,325 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,168 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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