sodomy
/ˈsɒdəmi/
sodomy noun: any of several forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural, particularly bestiality or homosexuality, but also (sometimes) anal, oral, or manual sex.
Noun
sodomy (countable and uncountable, plural sodomies)
- Any of several forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural, particularly bestiality or homosexuality, but also (sometimes) anal, oral, or manual sex.
- Mr. Shakur and his road manager, Charles Fuller, 24, were convicted Dec. 1 of first-degree sexual abuse, but they were acquitted of weapons and sodomy charges.1995 February 8, George James, “Rapper Faces Prison Term For Sex Abuse”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- On March 3, in the ocean off Hai-feng County, the pirates robbed a fishing junk, and captured Hsu-ch’iung whom crew member Ssu T’ien forced to commit sodomy. On March 11 in a bay in Hsin-an County, they robbed another t’o-feng vessel, captured and imprisoned Tan Se-chin and Tan Ya-pang and forced...2001, Dian Murray, “The Practice of Homosexuality among the Pirates of Late Eigteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century China”, in C. R. Pennell, editor, Bandits at Sea: A Pirates Reader (History), New...
- Synonyms:
- bestiality, zoophilia, zoosexuality, homosexuality
- Anal sex.
- The only published study (Feigen, 1954), which looked at 68 adults engaging in consensual anal sex, found that “it was not possible to relate the appearance of the anus to the practice of sodomy; there was no appreciable difference of the anus in those who practiced sodomy frequently and those that...2002, Martin Finkel, Angelo Giardino, Medical Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse: A Practical Guide, 2nd edition, page 75
sodomy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Sanskrit and Tagalog
sodomy in Hindi
- anal sex — see also anal sex
- पुरुषगमन puruṣagman, पुरुषमैथुन puruṣmaithun, गुदामैथुन gudāmaithun, लिवातत livātat, लौंडेबाज़ी lauṇḍebāzī, इग़लाम iġlām
sodomy in Tamil
- ஒரு பாற்புணர்ச்சி, ஆண்சேர்க்கை, ஆண்பாற்புணர்ச்சி, மேகப்புண்
sodomy in Sanskrit
- anal sex — see also anal sex
- तिर्यग्योनिगमन tiryagyonigamana
sodomy in Tagalog
- sex held to be unnatural
- sodomiya
More languagesFewer languages
- sodomy in Arabic
- لِوَاط liwāṭ
Examples of sodomy in a sentence
- On March 3, in the ocean off Hai-feng County, the pirates robbed a fishing junk, and captured Hsu-ch’iung whom crew member Ssu T’ien forced to commit sodomy.2001, Dian Murray, “The Practice of Homosexuality among the Pirates of Late Eigteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century China”, in C. R....
- […] engaged her in conversation as to where she was going, stated that he would take her to her destination directly, forced her to commit oral sodomy upon him […]2007, Christopher Berry-Dee, Serial Killers Up Close and Personal, page 12:
Synonyms of sodomy
Forms of sodomy
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Origin of sodomy
From Sodom, where the Bible, in Genesis chapters 18 and 19 and elsewhere, suggests sexual depravity.
Words formed from sodomy
Questions about sodomy
- What does sodomy mean?
- Sodomy means any of several forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural, particularly bestiality or homosexuality, but also (sometimes) anal, oral, or manual sex.
- What is sodomy in Hindi?
- Sodomy in Hindi is पुरुषगमन (puruṣagman), पुरुषमैथुन (puruṣmaithun), गुदामैथुन (gudāmaithun). See Sodomy meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use sodomy in a sentence?
- On March 3, in the ocean off Hai-feng County, the pirates robbed a fishing junk, and captured Hsu-ch’iung whom crew member Ssu T’ien forced to commit sodomy.
- What part of speech is sodomy?
- Sodomy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sodomy?
- Sodomy is pronounced /ˈsɒdəmi/.
- What is the plural of sodomy?
- The plural of sodomy is sodomies.
Words near sodomy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sodomy (page history and authors); sodomy (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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