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catamite

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cat·a·mite  (kt-mt)
n.
A boy who has a sexual relationship with a man.

[Latin catamtus, from Catamtus, Ganymede, from Etruscan Catmite, from Greek Ganumds.]

catamite [ˈkætəˌmaɪt]
n
a boy kept for homosexual purposes
[from Latin Catamītus, variant of Ganymēdēs Ganymede1]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.catamite - a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man
boy, male child - a youthful male person; "the baby was a boy"; "she made the boy brush his teeth every night"; "most soldiers are only boys in uniform"


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Not only was Laughton gay in real life, but DeMille allowed him to turn his Nero into an outrageous queen, complete with a young, male catamite at his side (Callow 1987:51).
There was Truman Capote's Other Voices, Other Rooms--featuring the famous jacket photo that made Capote look like a catamite in an opium den--and Carson McCullers' Reflections in a Golden Eye.
New York City becomes "the catamite of Hell," raped by "a Figure with supernatural powers.
 
 
 
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