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Sodomite

//ˈsɑ.də.maɪt// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who practices sodomy; a sodomist. derogatory

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

  2. 2
    An inhabitant of Sodom, or (by extension) a descendant of one.

    "The story of the people of Lot related in the Quran is often taken to mean that God condemns sodomites"

  3. 3
    someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male) wordnet
  4. 4
    A native or inhabitant of Sodom.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From Sodom + -ite.

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