strephon

strephon means A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, strephon ranks #2,401 of 42,789 for Qualifying.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρέφων (stréphōn), the active present participle of Ancient Greek στρέφω (stréphō, “to twist, to avert”, verb), chiefly from its use as the name of a rustic lover in Sir Philip Sidney's 1593 pastoral romance The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia.

name

A male given name from Ancient Greek.e.g.“To see her from her pillow rise, All reeking in a cloudy steam, Crack'd lips, foul teeth, and gummy eyes,” — 1719, Jonathan Swift, The progress of Beauty

noun

A male lover.e.g.“[…] those palmy days of pastoral revelry;—when every lover was a Damon or a Strephon, and his beloved a Delia or a Celia.” — 1855, Frederick Lawrence, The life of Henry Fielding:

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Words closest in meaning

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astrophel 65% match — A male lover similar to that in the poem Astrophel and Stella. vs strephon →
ephebo 56% match — An ephebophile. vs strephon →
philerast 55% match — A boy who feels philia or more specifically anterōs, for his paederastic lover. vs strephon →
amintor 55% match — A male lover. vs strephon →
erastes 53% match — An adult man who loved or was in a pedagogic relationship with an adolescent boy. vs strephon →
pederastic 52% match — Relating to a man's erotic love for adolescent boys. vs strephon →
pederastice 51% match — pederasty vs strephon →
ephebophiliac 51% match — Relating to ephebophilia. vs strephon →