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Word: Catamite
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: from Latin catamitus, via Etruscan from Greek Ganumēdēs (see Ganymede)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkatəmʌɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a boy kept for homosexual practices.
Short Definition:boy kept for homosexual practices
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