sadomasochistic

English

Etymology tree

English sadomasochist

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English sadomasochistic

sadomasochistic (comparative more sadomasochistic, superlative most sadomasochistic)

Of, or relating to, sadomasochism or sadomasochists.
- Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, introduction written in 2003, Harold Bloom, book by Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Introduction for Don Quixote, page xxv:
  But does Don Quixote altogether believe in the reality of his own vision? Evidently he does not, particularly when he (and Sancho) is surrendered by Cervantes to the sadomasochistic practical jokes—indeed, the vicious and humiliating cruelties—that afflict the Knight and squire in Part II.

relating to sadomasochism or sadomasochists