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Synonyms for gigolo

Grammar : Noun
Spell : jig-uh-loh, zhig-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɪg əˌloʊ, ˈʒɪg-

Définition of gigolo

Origin :
  • 1922, from French gigolo, formed as a masc. of gigole "tall, thin woman; dancing girl; prostitute," perhaps from verb gigoter "to move the shanks, hop," from gigue "shank," also "fiddle," of Germanic origin. This is perhaps the same word that was borrowed earlier as Middle English giglot (early 14c.) "lewd, wanton girl," which was later applied to males (mid-15c.) with the sense "villainous man." Middle English gigletry meant "lasciviousness, harlotry" (late 14c.).
  • noun male escort
Example sentences :
  • It was out of this period that there emerged Giddy, the gigolo.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • A gigolo, generally speaking, is a man who lives off women's money.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • The gigolo's face, as he bowed before her, was impassive, inscrutable.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • The gigolo's face, as he took it, was not more inscrutable than Mary's as she watched him take it.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • She did not look at the gigolo, but out, across the blue Mediterranean, and beyond it.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • Naturally, no decent French girl would have been allowed for a single moment to dance with a gigolo.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • A very faint dull red crept suddenly over the pallor of the gigolo's face.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • Orson J.'s fee, as he handed it to the gigolo, was the kind that mounted grandly into dollars instead of mere francs.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • The gigolo confessed, one day, to understanding some English, though he seemed to speak none.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • And the Mazzettis put but one interpretation upon a young woman who strolls into the soft darkness of the Promenade with a gigolo.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber

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