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noun
A boy or younger man in a homoerotic relationship with an older man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Ganymede, punk, gunsel
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To engage in a homoerotic relationship involving a boy and an older man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: male child, boy
History
From Latin catamītus (“boy kept as a sexual partner”), from Catamītus, from Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌕𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌄 (catmite), from Ancient Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganumḗdēs, “Ganymede”), an attractive Trojan boy supposedly abducted to Mount Olympus by the god Zeus to become his cupbearer and lover. Doublet of Ganymede.
Across languages
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