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sodomy (ˈsɒdəmɪ)

Definitions

noun

1. anal intercourse committed by a man with another man or a woman Compare buggery

Word Origin

C13: via Old French sodomie from Latin (Vulgate) Sodoma Sodom

Synonyms

View thesaurus entry

= anal intercourse, anal sex, buggery,

Usage examples

• tens of thousands) where they would trade visions for sodomy , back and forth.

  Clive Barker, EVERVILLE (2001)

• Section 377, drafted in 1871, deals with "sexual offences", including sodomy.

  India Today (1996)

• Jamelske was charged April 9 with kidnapping, rape, sexual abuse and sodomy after the rescue of the 16-year-old girl.

  Toronto Sun (2003)

• Although it outlawed heterosexual as well as homosexual sodomy , the law was used almost exclusively against the gay community.

  Independent (1999)

• In February 1895 Wilde sued the Marquess of Queensberry for libel, failed, and in April was arraigned for sodomy.

  Jim Leavesley, George Biro, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)