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catamites

UK/ˈkætəmaɪts/

catamites is the plural of catamite.

Meaning of catamite

Noun

catamite (plural catamites)

  1. A boy or younger man in a homoerotic relationship with an older man.
    • 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.1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers, page 7
    Synonyms:
    Ganymede, punk, gunsel

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Questions about catamites

What is catamites the plural of?
Catamites is the plural of catamite.
How do you pronounce catamites?
Catamites is pronounced /ˈkætəmaɪts/ (UK).

Words near catamites in the dictionary

  1. catamarcaite
  2. catamenia
  3. catamenial
  4. catamite
  5. catamited
  6. catamites
  7. catamitical
  8. catamiting
  9. catamitism
  10. catamnesis
  11. catamnestic

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