sodomite en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English sodomyte, sodomite, from Old French Sodomite and Latin sodomīta, from Ancient Greek σοδομίτης (sodomítēs). Equivalent to Sodom + -ite.
Meanings
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(derogatory) One who practices sodomy; a sodomist.
The Avestan texts denounce the sodomite as a demon[…]
1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization, page 113:There ſhalbe no whoꝛe of the daughters of Iſrael, noꝛ a Sodomite of the ſonnes of Iſrael.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 23:17:For example, when one of his programmers and her husband engaged in oral sex in their own bedroom one night, the next morning she was called into Rife's office, where he called her a slut and a sodomite and told her to clean out the desk.
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 107:
- A native or inhabitant of Sodom.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sodomites | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
sodomitic · sodomy · sodomitess · Sodomite · sodomitical
Translations (25)
la cinaedus (one who practices sodomy) · ca sodomita (one who practices sodomy) · bg содомит (one who practices sodomy) · cs sodomita (one who practices sodomy) · la pathicus (one who practices sodomy) · ur لُوطی (one who practices sodomy) · de Sodomit (one who practices sodomy) · hi लौंडेबाज़ (one who practices sodomy) · ru содоми́т (one who practices sodomy) · pt sodomita (one who practices sodomy) · it sodomita (one who practices sodomy) · cmn 雞姦者 /鸡奸者 (one who practices sodomy) · ja 男色者 (one who practices sodomy) · sq ngollar (one who practices sodomy) · az kişibaz (one who practices sodomy) · pl sodomita (one who practices sodomy) · la paedīcātor (one who practices sodomy) · fi sodomiitti (one who practices sodomy) · la draucus (one who practices sodomy) · la paedīcō (one who practices sodomy) · fr sodomite (one who practices sodomy) · grc ἀρσενοκοίτης (one who practices sodomy) · el σοδομίτης (one who practices sodomy) · sv sodomit (one who practices sodomy) · enm sodomyte (one who practices sodomy)