Definition of Catamite

1. Noun. A boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man.

Generic synonyms: Boy, Male Child

Definition of Catamite

1. n. A boy kept for unnatural purposes.

Definition of Catamite

1. Noun. The junior partner in a paederastic relationship. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Catamite

1. a boy used in sodomy [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Catamite

catalytically
catalyzation
catalyze
catalyzed
catalyzer
catalyzers
catalyzes
catalyzing
catamaran
catamarans
catamarcaite
catamenial pneumothorax
catamites
catamitism
catamnesis
catamnestic
catamorphism
catamorphisms
catamount
catamountain
catamounts
catanadromous
catananche
catanionic
catapan
catapans

Literary usage of Catamite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Great Stone Book of Nature by David Thomas Ansted (1863)
"... ancient Arborescent Club-moss — The catamite : its Nature and Peculiarities — Tree-ferns very common — Insects found iu the Coal- beds — Origin of Coal— ..."

2. Report on the Valley Regions of Alabama: (Paleozoic Strata) by Henry McCalley (1897)
"10—catamite from US Government Quarry, Tuscaloosa, Ala. These Coal Measures carry 12 or more different seams of coal that are each of 2 feet 6 ..."

3. A Handy Urdu-English Dictionary Based on Shakespear and the Best Modern by S Sangaji, John Shakespear (1899)
"A catamite, a .. J '.^L jlf gaw-sär, ) s. The dub ot sodomite. An impotent. A coward, a timed person. ..."

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