puer aeternus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin puer aeternus (“eternal boy”) (in Ovid, Metamorphoses), after use in German by Carl Jung.
Noun[edit]
puer aeternus (plural pueri aeterni)
- (mythology) A child-god who is forever young.
- (psychology) An archetype of eternal youth.
- (loosely) A man who remains emotionally childlike. [from 20th c.]
- 2017, David Friend, The Naughty Nineties:
- Michael Jackson, the self-proclaimed King of Pop, eccentric puer aeternus, and singer-songwriter-dancer-entrepreneur, agrees to an out-of-court settlement in a child-molestation suit, reportedly paying out $20 million to settle one of a series of sex-abuse charges brought against him.
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Puer aeternus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
puer aeternus m (uncountable)
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