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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of catamite1

1585–95; < Latin Catamītus < Etruscan Catmite < Greek Ganymḗdēs Ganymede
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Word History and Origins

Origin of catamite1

C16: from Latin Catamītus, variant of Ganymēdēs Ganymede 1
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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