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puer aeternus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables
puer aeter-nus
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A child-god who is forever young.

noun

An archetype of eternal youth.

noun

A man who remains emotionally childlike.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin puer aeternus (“eternal boy”) (in Ovid, Metamorphoses), after use in German by Carl Jung.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pueri aeterni (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

agerasia permayouth puella aeterna

Synonyms

puer

Questions

What does puer aeternus mean?
A child-god who is forever young.
Where does puer aeternus come from?
From Latin puer aeternus (“eternal boy”) (in Ovid, Metamorphoses), after use in German by Carl Jung.

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