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pæderastic

pæderastic is the obsolete spelling of pederastic.

Meaning of pederastic

Adjective

pederastic (comparative more pederastic, superlative most pederastic)

  1. Relating to a man's erotic love for adolescent boys.
  2. In a manner which suggests pederasty.

Forms of pæderastic

comparativemore pæderastic
superlativemost pæderastic

Origin of pæderastic

From pæderast + -ic.

Questions about pæderastic

What is pæderastic the obsolete spelling of?
Pæderastic is the obsolete spelling of pederastic.

Words near pæderastic in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pæderastic (page history and authors); pederastic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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