From play + boy.

• (RP) IPA: /ˈpleɪbɔɪ/
• (America) IPA: /ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ/

playboy (plural playboys)

1. A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.

• hedonist

• French: playboy, play-boy
• German: Playboy, Lebemann, Salonlöwe
• Italian: playboy
• Portuguese: playboy
• Russian: ловела́с
• Spanish: golfo, mujeriego

1. A brand of adult magazines introduced in the United States.

• German: Playboy
• Portuguese: Playboy

playboy (plural playboys)

1. A Playboy magazine.

playboy

1. Pertaining to a hedonistic philosophy and idealized women with exaggerated sexual characteristics.
   • 1998, Jackie Collins, Power, page 34:

     "More Playboy than us." Salli giggled. "I know. Only joking. I've been on Playboy's cover three times. They adore me." She giggled again.

   • 2001, Jesse Ventura, Do I Stand Alone?: Going to the Mat Against Political Pawns and Media Jackals, page 31:

     And when you take a Playboy interview, where they pump sound bites into the media, it all sounds much harsher than you intended.

   • 2004, Inman Majors, Wonderdog, page 180:

     And ready to do something for the state too. / Do what? / Lead it, says Shade. / He couldn't lead a frat house across the street to the Playboy mansion.

   • a. 2006, Timothy 'Speed' Levitch, "Wall Street: The Story of What Happened to Our Intimacy", in Alan Kaufman, The Outlaw Bible of American Essays, page 48

     There is more history of New York City in a Playboy centerfold than in the entire Encyclopedia of New York or any other academic study of the place.