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Casanova

noun

An Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725-1798). Synonyms: Casanova de Seingalt, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Seingalt.

Any man noted for his amorous adventures.

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"Casanova" Quotes from Famous Books

... interested him in the least. But he realized dimly what a wonderful chance this new fashionable craze—for so he regarded it—gives to the charlatan. He had always felt an attraction to that extraordinary eighteenth century adventurer, Cagliostro, and to-night he suddenly remembered a certain passage in Casanova's memoirs.... He felt rather sorry that they hadn't planned out this—this seance, before the rest of the party had arrived. He could have given Bubbles a few "tips" which would have made her task easy, and the ...

— From Out the Vasty Deep • Mrs. Belloc Lowndes

Words linked to "Casanova" : venturer, womanizer, womaniser, adventurer, philanderer