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pederastic

pederastic adjective: relating to a man's erotic love for adolescent boys.

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 pederastic

comparativemore pederastic
superlativemost pederastic
alternative UKpaederastic
alternative form (dated)pæderastic

Origin of pederastic

From pederast + -ic.

Words formed from pederastic

Questions about pederastic

What does pederastic mean?
Pederastic means relating to a man's erotic love for adolescent boys.
What part of speech is pederastic?
Pederastic is an adjective.

Words near pederastic in the dictionary

  1. pedelec
  2. pedelecs
  3. Peden
  4. Peder
  5. pederast
  6. pederastic
  7. pederastically
  8. pederastice
  9. pederasties
  10. pederasts
  11. pederasty

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