gynecophile
gynecophile noun: someone sexually attracted to women.
Noun
gynecophile (plural gynecophiles)
- Someone sexually attracted to women.
- A lesbian; a homosexual woman.
- Equivalent terms for lesbian relationships given by Hirschfeld were korophile, parthenophile, gynecophile, and graophile.2015, Wayne Dynes, Encyclopedia of Homosexuality. Volume II, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1333
- A lesbian (homosexual woman) attracted to other adult women (as contrast to young women or old women)
- 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),[…] The corresponding divisions in women are parthenophiles (lovers of young women, virgins), gynecophiles (lovers of adult...1914, L. Pierce Clark, “A critical digest of some of the newer work upon homosexuality in man and woman”, in State Hospital Bulletin, volume VII, New York State Hospital Commission, page 352
Adjective
gynecophile
- Marked by or involving sexual attraction to women.
Forms of gynecophile
| plural | gynecophiles |
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Origin of gynecophile
From gyneco- + -phile; ultimately from Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “woman, female”) and φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved”).
Questions about gynecophile
- What does gynecophile mean?
- Gynecophile means someone sexually attracted to women.
- What part of speech is gynecophile?
- Gynecophile can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of gynecophile?
- The plural of gynecophile is gynecophiles.
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