An adult (esp. a homosexual) who is sexually attracted to adolescents. Cf. EPHEBOPHILIA n.
1964 J. Z. EGLINTON Greek Love Gloss. 481 Ephebophile, noting sexual preference for adolescents. 1977 D. J. WEST Homosexuality Re-examined viii. 211 The great majority [sc. of male homosexuals] prefer physically mature adults, a minority of ephebophiles prefer post-pubertal adolescents aged about twelve to sixteen, while still a smaller minority of paedophiles prefer sexually immature children under the age of eleven. 2002
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