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sodomitic

/sɒdəˈmɪtɪk/

sodomitic adjective: engaging in sodomy; characterised by or involving sodomy.

Adjective

sodomitic (comparative more sodomitic, superlative most sodomitic)

  1. Engaging in sodomy; characterised by or involving sodomy.
    • the dog-priests, called Enariae […] indulged in sodomitic frenzies in the Dog days at the rising of the Dog-star, Sirius.1948 (revised 1952), Robert Graves, The White Goddess, Faber & Faber 1999, p. 48

Forms of sodomitic

comparativemore sodomitic
superlativemost sodomitic

Origin of sodomitic

From Latin Sodomiticus.

Questions about sodomitic

What does sodomitic mean?
Sodomitic means engaging in sodomy; characterised by or involving sodomy.
What part of speech is sodomitic?
Sodomitic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sodomitic?
Sodomitic is pronounced /sɒdəˈmɪtɪk/.

Words near sodomitic in the dictionary

  1. sodomists
  2. sodomite
  3. sodomites
  4. sodomitess
  5. sodomitesses
  6. sodomitic
  7. sodomitical
  8. sodomitically
  9. sodomitries
  10. sodomitry
  11. sodomization

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