parthenophile
parthenophile noun: one who is sexually attracted to adolescent girls, particularly virgins.
Noun
parthenophile (plural parthenophiles)
- One who is sexually attracted to adolescent girls, particularly virgins
- 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 Leon Pierce Clark, A Critical Digest of Some of the Newer Work Upon Homosexuality in Man and Woman State Hospital Bulletin - Volume 7 - Page 351-352
- Even for Caliban's unpeopled isle
Still taunted by the fragrance of Miranda.
Father Gilhooly, plump parthenophile,
Peeps through the alders, praying in the while
Saint Nicholas will send her comfort and a
Great cuddly plush, yet somehow sentient, panda.
(this also appears on page 19 of The Carleton...1968, Ramon Guthrie, Asbestos Phoenix: "Wunday the Worst of Weptober", 6th passage, page 99
Examples of parthenophile in a sentence
- For women, he used the term "parthenophiles."2016, Encyclopedia of Homosexuality, page 361:
- evolution is not 'interested': it does not proceed from the intentions of individual actors, be they scheming women or parthenophile (virgin-loving) men2020, How We Use Stories and Why That Matters, page 250:
Forms of parthenophile
| plural | parthenophiles |
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Origin of parthenophile
From partheno- + -phile.
Questions about parthenophile
- What does parthenophile mean?
- Parthenophile means one who is sexually attracted to adolescent girls, particularly virgins.
- How do you use parthenophile in a sentence?
- For women, he used the term "parthenophiles."
- What part of speech is parthenophile?
- Parthenophile is a noun.
- What is the plural of parthenophile?
- The plural of parthenophile is parthenophiles.
Words near parthenophile in the dictionary
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