“catamite”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

catamite

释义

catamite|ˈkætəmaɪt|
[ad. L. Catamītus corrupt form of Ganymēdes name of Jupiter's cup-bearer; also, a catamite.]
A boy kept for unnatural purposes.
1593Drayton Moon-Calf Wks. 1753 II. 484 His smooth-chin'd..catamite.1601Holland Pliny I. 111 Called Cinedopolis, by reason of certain Catamites and shamefull baggages that king Alexander the Great left there.1699Bentley Phal. 417 Agatho himself..was a Catamite.1795T. Taylor Apuleius viii. (1822) 185 A certain young man..a common catamite.
Hence ˈcatamited, ˈcatamiting ppl. adjs. (as if from a vb. catamite).
1624Heywood Captives ii. ii, That ould catamiting cankerworme.1697Potter Antiq. Greece I. i. xxvi, The catamited Boy shall have no Action issued out against him.

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