sodomite

sodomite

See also: Sodomite

English

Etymology

From Middle English sodomite, sodomit, from Old French Sodomite and Latin sodomīta, from Ancient Greek σοδομίτης (sodomítēs). Equivalent to Sodom +‎ -ite.

Noun

sodomite (plural sodomites)

1. (derogatory) One who practices sodomy; a sodomist.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Deuteronomy 23:17:

     There ſhalbe no whoꝛe of the daughters of Iſrael, noꝛ a Sodomite of the ſonnes of Iſrael.

   • 1922, Dhalla, Maneckji Nusservanji, Zoroastrian Civilization‎, page 113:

     The Avestan texts denounce the sodomite as a demon […]

2. A native or inhabitant of Sodom.

Derived terms

• sodomitry

Related terms

• sodomitess
• sodomitic
• sodomitical
• sodomy

 

Translations

one who practices sodomy

Albanian: ngollar m Azerbaijani: kişibaz Bulgarian: содомит (bg) m (sodomit) Catalan: sodomita (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 雞姦者／鸡奸者 (jījiānzhě) Czech: sodomita (cs) m French: sodomite (fr) m German: Sodomit (de) m Greek: σοδομίτης (el) (sodomítis) Ancient: ἀρσενοκοίτης (arsenokoítēs) Italian: sodomita (it) m Japanese: 男色者 (だんしょくしゃ, danshokusha, なんしょくしゃ, nanshokusha) Latin: paedīcātor m, paedīcō m, cinaedus m, pathicus m, draucus m Polish: sodomita (pl) m Portuguese: sodomita (pt) m or f Russian: содоми́т (ru) m (sodomít)

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Arabic: (please verify) لُوطِيّ‎ m (lūṭiyy) (lūʈi) Romanian: (please verify) sodomit (ro) m

See also

• Sodomite

Anagrams

• doomiest, moodiest

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French

Etymology

From Old French Sodomite, from Latin sodomīta, from Ancient Greek σοδομίτης (sodomítēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.dɔ.mit/

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Noun

sodomite m (plural sodomites)

1. sodomist, sodomite

Related terms

• sodomie
• sodomiser

Further reading

• “sodomite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.