sodomy
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Sodom, where the Bible, in Genesis chapters 18 and 19 and elsewhere, suggests sexual depravity.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈsɒdəmi/
Noun [edit]
sodomy (uncountable)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Immorality in general.
- Any of several forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural, particularly bestiality, but also (sometimes) anal or oral sex.
- 2007, Christopher Berry-Dee, Serial Killers Up Close and Personal, page 12:
- […] engaged her in conversation as to where she was going, stated that he would take her to her destination directly, forced her to commit oral sodomy upon him […]
- They jailed her immediately after she was convicted of sodomy.
- 2007, Christopher Berry-Dee, Serial Killers Up Close and Personal, page 12:
- (in particular) anal sex
Synonyms [edit]
- (bestiality): bestiality, zoophilia
- (anal sex): anal sex, buggery
Coordinate terms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
sex held to be unnatural
anal sex — See also translations at : anal sex
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- Dutch: sodomie