Romeo

Romeo
   Used as a substitute name for any man who is acting like a lover, a kind of apprentice Don Juan. The allusion is obviously to Shakespeare’s character in Romeo and Juliet ‘I’ve had enough of your carrying on, Romeo,’ says a woman to a man who is flirting with one of her employees, in The Ginger Man, by J.P.Donleavy. In Laura, by Vera Caspary, one man addresses another as Romeo when he sees him embracing his fiancée. War Brides, by Lois Battle, has an Australian woman saying to an American: ‘Back off, Romeo’ when he tries to undress her.

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  • Romeo — Roméo Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Roméo est un prénom masculin italien. C est aussi un nom de famille et un nom de lieu. En ancien français, on disait Roumeux ou Romeux mais le mot n …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Romeo — steht für: einen männlicher Vorname, siehe Romeo (Vorname) die männliche Hauptrolle im Drama Romeo und Julia den Buchstabe R im ICAO Alphabet den Namen einer weißen Rebsorte einen nachrichtendienstlicher Ausdruck für einen Agenten, der zum Zwecke …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Romeo — Romeo, CO U.S. town in Colorado Population (2000): 375 Housing Units (2000): 132 Land area (2000): 0.233911 sq. miles (0.605827 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.233911 sq. miles (0.605827 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Romeo — Студийный альбом SHINee Дата выпуска …   Википедия

  • Romeo — UK [ˈrəʊmɪəʊ] / US [ˈroʊmɪˌoʊ] or Romeo UK / US noun [countable] Word forms romeo : singular romeo plural romeos often humorous a) a man who tries to have sexual relationships with many different women b) a man who is very much in love with a… …   English dictionary

  • romeo — UK [ˈrəʊmɪəʊ] / US [ˈroʊmɪˌoʊ] or Romeo UK / US noun [countable] Word forms romeo : singular romeo plural romeos often humorous a) a man who tries to have sexual relationships with many different women b) a man who is very much in love with a… …   English dictionary

  • Romeo, CO — U.S. town in Colorado Population (2000): 375 Housing Units (2000): 132 Land area (2000): 0.233911 sq. miles (0.605827 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.233911 sq. miles (0.605827 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Romeo, MI — U.S. village in Michigan Population (2000): 3721 Housing Units (2000): 1605 Land area (2000): 2.019223 sq. miles (5.229764 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.019223 sq. miles (5.229764 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Romeo — (Cissano,Италия) Категория отеля: Адрес: Via Stazione 8 fraz. Cissano, 28811 Cissano, Итали …   Каталог отелей

  • Romeo — m Italian: from the medieval religious name Romeo ‘pilgrim to Rome’ (Late Latin Rōmaeus, a derivative of Rōma cf. ROMOLO (SEE Romolo)). For his romantic tragedy, Shakespeare derived the name of the hero, the lover of Juliet, from a poem by Arthur …   First names dictionary

  • Romeo — a lover, passionate admirer, seducer of women, 1766, from the name of the hero in Shakespeare s tragedy Romeo and Juliet …   Etymology dictionary

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