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ephebophiles

ephebophiles is the plural of ephebophile.

Meaning of ephebophile

Noun

ephebophile (plural ephebophiles)

  1. A person who exhibits ephebophilia.
    • According to the age of the attracting person homosexuals are divisible into ephebophiles (lovers of youths, 14-21), androphiles (grown men up to the period of old age), gerontophiles (lovers of the aged) and pedophiles (lovers of small boys). The two latter are not as conspicuous as the two...1914, State Hospital Bulletin, volume 7, pages 351-352

Questions about ephebophiles

What is ephebophiles the plural of?
Ephebophiles is the plural of ephebophile.

Words near ephebophiles in the dictionary

  1. ephebiphobia
  2. ephebo
  3. ephebocracy
  4. epheboi
  5. ephebophile
  6. ephebophiles
  7. ephebophilia
  8. ephebophiliac
  9. ephebophiliacs
  10. ephebophilic
  11. ephebos

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