gynecophile

English

Etymology

From gyneco- +‎ -phile; ultimately from Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “woman, female”) and φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved”).

Noun

gynecophile (plural gynecophiles)

  1. Someone sexually attracted to women.
  2. A lesbian; a homosexual woman.
    • 2015, Wayne Dynes, Encyclopedia of Homosexuality. Volume II, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1333:
      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)
    • 1914, L. Pierce Clark, “A critical digest of some of the newer work upon homosexuality in man and woman”, in State Hospital Bulletin, volume VII, New York State Hospital Commission, page 352:
      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).

Adjective

gynecophile

  1. Marked by or involving sexual attraction to women.
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