CATAMITE


Meaning of CATAMITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈka-tə-ˌmīt ]

noun

Etymology: Latin catamitus, from Catamitus Ganymede, from Etruscan Catmite, from Greek Ganymēdēs

Date: 1593

: a boy kept by a pederast

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