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pæderast

pæderast noun: dated spelling of pederast.

Noun

pæderast (plural pæderasts)

  1. Dated spelling of pederast.
    • 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.1900, Henry Johns Berkley, A Treatise on Mental Diseases, D. Appleton and Company, page 272

Forms of pæderast

pluralpæderasts

Words formed from pæderast

Questions about pæderast

What does pæderast mean?
Pæderast means dated spelling of pederast.
What part of speech is pæderast?
Pæderast is a noun.
What is the plural of pæderast?
The plural of pæderast is pæderasts.

Words near pæderast in the dictionary

  1. pædant
  2. pædantic
  3. pædantries
  4. pædantry
  5. pædants
  6. pæderast
  7. pæderastic
  8. pæderasts
  9. pæderasty
  10. pædeutics
  11. pædiatric

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