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ped⋅er⋅as⋅ty

  [ped-uh-ras-tee, pee-duh-]
–noun
sexual relations between two males, esp. when one of them is a minor.
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Origin:
1605–15; < NL pederastia < Gk paiderastía love of boys. See pederast, -y 3

Related forms:
ped⋅er⋅as⋅tic, adjective
ped⋅er⋅as⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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ped·er·ast   (pěd'ə-rāst')   
n.  A man who has sexual relations, especially anal intercourse, with a boy.

[Greek paiderastēs : pais, paid-, child; see pedo-2 + erastēs, lover (from erāsthai, to love).]
ped'er·as'ty n.
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Word Origin & History

pederasty 
"sodomy with a boy," 1609, from Mod.L. pæderastia, from Gk. paiderastia "love of boys," from paiderastes "pederast," from pais (gen. paidos) "child, boy" + erastes "lover," from erasthai "to love." Pederast is 1730s, from Fr. pédéraste, from Gk. paiderastes.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ped·er·as·ty
Pronunciation: 'ped-&-"ras-tE
Variant: or chiefly British pae·der·as·ty /'pEd-/
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
: anal intercourse especially with a boy as the passive partner —ped·er·as·tic /"ped-&-'ras-tik/ or chiefly British pae·der·as·tic /"pEd-/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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