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/ɛˈfiːb/ · noun
(historical) An 18- to 20-year-old man in ancient Greece undergoing military training..
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.
Use ephebe when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ephebe means (historical) An 18- to 20-year-old man in ancient Greece undergoing military training..
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His glance touched their faces lightly as he smiled, a blond ephebe. Tame essence of [Oscar] Wilde.
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