significant-othered

See also: significant othered

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From significant other +‎ -ed.

Adjective

significant-othered (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Having a significant other.
    Synonym: (rare) significantly othered
    • 1996 October 25, hallie arrington, “AMC: TAN: Ratsa Takes NYC by Storm”, in rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc‎[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 December 2025:
      But along the way, the hunk lost his job and moved; and my roommate and her husband separated, so none of them are coming. :( And now, I think I'm the only single or non-significant-othered person who'll be there...
    • 2000, Ann O’Neal Garcia, “‘There’s Life in the Old Dame Yet…”, in Cynthia Black, editor, Our Turn, Our Time: Women Truly Coming of Age, Hillsboro, Ore.: Beyond Words Publishing, →ISBN, page 100:
      Three women are college professors; a few didn’t get any farther than high school. We represent the married, widowed, single, significant-othered, divorced; some have children, grandchildren, even great-grandchildren.
    • 2012 February 11, Katie Gile, “I hate/love Valentine’s Day”, in Spinnaker‎[2], Jacksonville, Fla.: University of North Florida, archived from the original on 18 September 2020:
      The time draws near when pink and red creep insidiously into the periphery, jewelry retailers go into overdrive and drugstore aisles burst with cherubs for the one holiday of the year that separates the singletons from the significant-othered.
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