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paederotic

UK/ˌpiːdɛˈɹɒtɪk/

paederotic adjective: presenting children in an erotic light; concerned with paederastic feelings or relationships.

Adjective

paederotic (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Presenting children in an erotic light; concerned with paederastic feelings or relationships.
    • In this case the fluctuation of the style in a single line is localized on a small scale, but it may of course pederotic poem?1986, Bernd Effe, Theokrit und die griechische Bukolik, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, →ISBN, page 31, →ISBN
    • Now came the quid pro quo of patronage, and the first painting M did for his cardinal betrayed a panicky sense of claustrophobia as M was gently directed into a musical allegory slash paederotic fantasy that belonged to no time or place.2001, Peter Robb, M: The Man Who Became Caravaggio, Picador, →ISBN, page 57, →ISBN

Origin of paederotic

paedo- (“child”) + -erotic, on the pattern of homoerotic.

Questions about paederotic

What does paederotic mean?
Paederotic means presenting children in an erotic light; concerned with paederastic feelings or relationships.
What part of speech is paederotic?
Paederotic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce paederotic?
Paederotic is pronounced /ˌpiːdɛˈɹɒtɪk/ (UK).

Words near paederotic in the dictionary

  1. paederasts
  2. paederasty
  3. paederine
  4. paederines
  5. paederosis
  6. paederotic
  7. paedeutic
  8. paedeutics
  9. paediatic
  10. paediatric
  11. paediatrician

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