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This week's theme: Eponyms
Don Juan (don wahn) noun
An obsessive womanizer.
[After Don Juan, a legendary 14th century Spanish nobleman, who devoted
his life to seducing women. The story of Don Juan has been portrayed by
many including Moliere, Mozart, Byron, and Shaw. Earliest documented use:
1848.]
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"Oscar had always been a Don Juan ... but now that we were nearly
50, there was something desperate about his mania for conquests."
Leif Davidsen; Lime's Photograph; Vintage Books; 2002.
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