catamite

[ kat-uh-mahyt ]

noun

1. a boy or youth who is in a sexual relationship with a man.

catamite

/ ˈkætəˌmaɪt /

noun

1. a boy kept for homosexual purposes

Word History and Origins

Origin of catamite¹

1585–95; < Latin Catamītus < Etruscan Catmite < Greek Ganymḗdēs Ganymede

Word History and Origins

Origin of catamite¹

C16: from Latin Catamītus, variant of Ganymēdēs Ganymede ¹

Example Sentences

Bracknell, for instance, was the name of the country estate where the mother of Oscar's titled little catamite summered.

From The Daily Beast

He had been in the intimate service of the Tarkhn begs, indeed had been a catamite.

From Project Gutenberg

Catamite, mistakenly read as khz on f. 112b (Mmoires ii, 82).

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Then a catamite appeared, clad in a myrtle-colored frieze robe, and girded round with a belt.

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A catamite appeared, the stalest of all mankind, well worthy of that house.

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