English Explanatory Dictionary

Strephon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Masculine name traditionally used for the male lover in pastoral poetry.
noun
  1. A pastoral male lover.

Word forms

Strephon Strephons

Etymology

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

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