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parthenophiles

parthenophiles is the plural of parthenophile.

Meaning of parthenophile

Noun

parthenophile (plural parthenophiles)

  1. 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

Questions about parthenophiles

What is parthenophiles the plural of?
Parthenophiles is the plural of parthenophile.

Words near parthenophiles in the dictionary

  1. parthenology
  2. Parthenon
  3. Parthenope
  4. Parthenopean
  5. parthenophile
  6. parthenophiles
  7. parthenophilia
  8. parthenophilic
  9. parthenophobia
  10. parthenopid
  11. parthenopids

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