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paederastic

paederastic is the alternative 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 paederastic

comparativemore paederastic
superlativemost paederastic

Origin of paederastic

From paederast + -ic.

Words that rhyme with paederastic

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Questions about paederastic

What is paederastic the alternative spelling of?
Paederastic is the alternative spelling of pederastic.

Words near paederastic in the dictionary

  1. paedagogue
  2. paedagogues
  3. paedagogy
  4. paedantry
  5. paederast
  6. paederastic
  7. paederasts
  8. paederasty
  9. paederine
  10. paederines
  11. paederosis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paederastic (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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