sodomite

See also: Sodomite

English

Etymology

From Middle English sodomyte, sodomite, from Old French Sodomite and Latin sodomīta, from Ancient Greek σοδομίτης (sodomítēs). Equivalent to Sodom +‎ -ite.

Noun

sodomite (plural sodomites)

1. (derogatory) One who practices sodomy; a sodomist.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 23:17:

     There ſhalbe no whoꝛe of the daughters of Iſrael, noꝛ a Sodomite of the ſonnes of Iſrael.

   • 1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization‎^[1], page 113:

     The Avestan texts denounce the sodomite as a demon […]

   • 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 107:

     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.

2. A native or inhabitant of Sodom.

Derived terms

• sodomitry

Related terms

• sodomitess
• sodomitic
• sodomitical
• sodomy

Translations

one who practices sodomy

• Albanian: ngollar m
• Azerbaijani: kişibaz
• Bulgarian: содомит (bg) m (sodomit)
• Catalan: sodomita (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雞姦者 / 鸡奸者 (jījiānzhě)

• Czech: sodomita (cs) m
• French: sodomite (fr) m
• German: Sodomit (de) m
• Greek: σοδομίτης (el) (sodomítis)

  Ancient Greek: ἀρσενοκοίτης (arsenokoítēs)

• Italian: sodomita (it) m
• Japanese: 男色者 (だんしょくしゃ, danshokusha, なんしょくしゃ, nanshokusha)
• Latin: paedīcātor m, paedīcō m, cinaedus m, pathicus m, draucus m
• Middle English: sodomyte
• Polish: sodomita (pl) m
• Portuguese: sodomita (pt) m or f
• Russian: содоми́т (ru) m (sodomít)
• Swedish: sodomit (sv) c
• Urdu: لُوطی m (lūtī)

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• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} لُوطِيّ m (lūṭiyy) (lūʈi)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} sodomit (ro) m

See also

• Sodomite

Anagrams

• doomiest, moodiest

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French Sodomite, from Latin sodomīta, from Ancient Greek σοδομίτης (sodomítēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.dɔ.mit/

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Noun

sodomite m (plural sodomites)

1. sodomist, sodomite

Related terms

• sodomie
• sodomiser

Further reading

• “sodomite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Middle English

Noun

sodomite

1. alternative form of sodomyte