Gynecophile
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Someone sexually attracted to women.
- 2 A lesbian; a homosexual woman.
"Equivalent terms for lesbian relationships given by Hirschfeld were korophile, parthenophile, gynecophile, and graophile."
- 3 A lesbian (homosexual woman) attracted to other adult women (as contrast to young women or old women)
"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),[…] The corresponding divisions in women are parthenophiles (lovers of young women, virgins), gynecophiles (lovers of adult women), grasphiles (lovers of old women), and korophiles (lovers of undeveloped girls)."
- 1 Marked by or involving sexual attraction to women.
Example
More examples"Equivalent terms for lesbian relationships given by Hirschfeld were korophile, parthenophile, gynecophile, and graophile."
Etymology
From gyneco- + -phile; ultimately from Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “woman, female”) and φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved”).
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