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sodomitic

English

Etymology

From Latin Sodomiticus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s?d??m?t?k/

Adjective

sodomitic (comparative more sodomitic, superlative most sodomitic)

  1. Engaging in sodomy; characterised by or involving sodomy.
    • 1948 (revised 1952), Robert Graves, The White Goddess, Faber & Faber 1999, p. 48:
      the dog-priests, called Enariae [] indulged in sodomitic frenzies in the Dog days at the rising of the Dog-star, Sirius.

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sodomite

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin sodom?ta, from Ancient Greek ????????? (sodomít?s). Equivalent to Sodom +? -ite.

Noun

sodomite (plural sodomites)

  1. One who practices sodomy; a sodomist.
    • There shalbe no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a Sodomite of the sonnes of Israel.
  2. A native or inhabitant of Sodom

Derived terms

  • sodomitry

Related terms

Translations

See also

  • Sodomite

Anagrams

  • doomiest, moodiest

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