Advertisement

Advertisement

sodomy

[ sod-uh-mee ]

noun

  1. anal sex, especially between men.
  2. Law. any sexual contact other than heterosexual vaginal intercourse.
  3. any sexual contact that is stigmatized as unnatural or immoral.


adjective

  1. Law. of or relating to any sexual contact other than heterosexual vaginal intercourse.

sodomy

/ ˈsɒdəmɪ /

noun

  1. anal intercourse committed by a man with another man or a woman Compare buggery
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


sodomy

  1. Sexual intercourse that is not the union of the genital organs of a man and a woman. The term is most frequently applied to anal intercourse between two men or to sexual relations between people and animals. ( See pederast .)


Discover More

Notes

According to the Bible (see also Bible ), God destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah for unacceptable sexual practices, apparently including anal intercourse between men. Sodomy takes its name from the city of Sodom.
Many governments have laws against sodomy. These laws are difficult to enforce, however, and many people believe they violate personal privacy.
Discover More

Other Words From

  • sod·o·mit·i·cal [sod-, uh, -, mit, -i-k, uh, l], sod·o·mit·ic adjective
  • sod·o·mit·i·cal·ly adverb
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of sodomy1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English sodomie, from Old French; Sodom, -y 3
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of sodomy1

C13: via Old French sodomie from Latin (Vulgate) Sodoma Sodom
Discover More

Example Sentences

Article 148 of the Sudanese Penal Code from 1991 said anyone who is convicted of sodomy three times “shall be punished with death, or with life imprisonment.”

ISIS, which previously controlled large swaths of Syria and Iraq, publicly executed men who were accused of committing sodomy.

Fairfax County police said Nizhamuding Jureti, 57, of Arlington, was charged with one count of forcible sodomy.

Virginia lawmakers in 2014 repealed their state’s sodomy ban.

Maryland earlier this year approved a bill that repealed the state’s sodomy law.

The charge: Sodomy, a serious crime in a predominantly Muslim nation.

Sodomy, sod′om-i, n. unnatural sexuality, so called because imputed to the inhabitants of Sodom.

Sodomy was practiced by the nations of Cueba, 774 Careta, and other places.

Not that he is guilty of Sodomy nor did I ever hear the Sin so much as mentioned among them.

Sodomy is a crime both in the active and passive agent, unless the latter is a non-consenting party.

In their drunkennesse, they vse and commit Sodomy; and with their mothers and daughters they haue their pleasures and pastimes.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


sodomizedSod's law