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ephebe

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6 lettersPronunciation /ɛˈfiːb/Sorted beeehpStarts with EEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. An 18- to 20-year-old man in ancient Greece undergoing military training.

Word origin

Via Latin ephēbus, from Ancient Greek ἔφηβος (éphēbos, “adolescent”), from ἐπί (epí, “early”) + ἥβη (hḗbē, “manhood”), late 19th c.

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  • His glance touched their faces lightly as he smiled, a blond ephebe. Tame essence of [Oscar] Wilde.
  • Indeed Tom was much still the ephebe, sharing boys with his friend though talking of the gravity of marriage.

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