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ephebic

ephebic adjective: pertaining to a young man or to early manhood, especially in Ancient Greek contexts.

Adjective

ephebic (comparative more ephebic, superlative most ephebic)

  1. Pertaining to a young man or to early manhood, especially in Ancient Greek contexts.
    • The ephebic androgyny of the high classic Apollo turned into effeminacy in Hellenistic art.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae

Forms of ephebic

comparativemore ephebic
superlativemost ephebic

Origin of ephebic

From ephebe + -ic.

Questions about ephebic

What does ephebic mean?
Ephebic means pertaining to a young man or to early manhood, especially in Ancient Greek contexts.
What part of speech is ephebic?
Ephebic is an adjective.

Words near ephebic in the dictionary

  1. ephebeion
  2. ephebes
  3. ephebeum
  4. ephebi
  5. ephebiatrics
  6. ephebic
  7. ephebiphobia
  8. ephebo
  9. ephebocracy
  10. epheboi
  11. ephebophile

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