puella aeterna

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From Latin puella aeterna (eternal girl), female form of puer aeternus (eternal boy) (in Ovid, Metamorphoses), after use in German by CG Jung.

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puella aeterna (plural puellae aeternae)

  1. (psychology) A female puer aeternus. [from 20th c.]

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