affairette

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affairette

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From affair + -ette.

noun affairettes

A brief romantic relationship, especially with someone who is in a relationship with another person, or not one's regular partner. 1976, David Edgar, Saigon Rose, Act II, Scene 4, in Plays: One, London: Methuen Drama, 1987, p. 215, It’s a poem, students learn, about the symptoms of syphilis. I once had an affairette with a final year medic from Inverness who used to mumble it all the time, often at the most inopportune moments.
Similar: dalliance, fling, liaison

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@misc{affairette_2026,
  title = {affairette},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/affairette},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}