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catamite

Noun CEFR B2
ˈkætəmaɪt

Definitions

A boy or younger man in a homoerotic relationship with an older man.

Equivalents

Españolcatamito
Françaiscatamite
DeutschLustknabe
8 more languages
עבריתקדש
日本語稚児陰間
پښتوچسکه
Portuguêscatamita
Русскийкатами́т
Türkçeoğlan

Examples

“It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come⟳ to see⟳ me.”
“And what about your brother? – Is he to be a catamite?”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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