Definition of Catamites

1. Noun. (plural of catamite#English catamite) ¹

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Definition of Catamites

1. catamite [n] - See also: catamite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Catamites

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

Literary usage of Catamites

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

1. Bulletin by Ohio State Geologist, Ohio Division of Geological Survey (1912)
"In the summer of 1911 Dr. Kindle found catamites inornatus Dn. in the Huron shale of Huron River, near Milan, Ohio, the type specimen of which came from the ..."

2. Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, Governor of Nottingham by Lucy Apsley Hutchinson, Julius Hutchinson, Charles Harding Firth (1885)
"... for King Charles was temperate, chaste, and serious; so that the fools and bawds, mimics and catamites, of the former court, grew out of fashion; ..."

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