pæderast

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See also: paederast and Päderast

English

Noun

pæderast (plural pæderasts)

  1. Obsolete spelling of pederast.
    • 1900, Henry Johns Berkley, A Treatise on Mental Diseases, D. Appleton and Company; page 272:
      In this form also sexual perversions predominate; signs are made by persons in a crowd that he is a pæderast, an onanist, that he is impotent.

Anagrams


Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, lover of boys), from παῖς (paîs, boy) and ἐραστής (erastḗs, lover).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛdərast/, [pʰɛd̥əˈʁɑsd̥]

Noun

pæderast c (singular definite pæderasten, plural indefinite pæderaster)

  1. pederast (practitioner of pederasty)

Inflection

See also