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sod⋅om⋅y

  [sod-uh-mee]
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–noun
1. anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.
2. copulation with a member of the same sex.
3. bestiality (def. 4).
Origin:
1250–1300; ME sodomie < OF. See Sodom, -y 3

Related forms:
sod⋅o⋅mit⋅i⋅cal  [sod-uh-mit-i-kuhl] , sod⋅o⋅mit⋅ic, adjective
sod⋅o⋅mit⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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Cultural Dictionary

sodomy [(sod-uh-mee)]

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.)

Note: According to the 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.
Note: Many governments have laws against sodomy. These laws are difficult to enforce, however, and many people believe they violate personal privacy.
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Word Origin & History

sodomy 
c.1297, from O.Fr. sodomie, from L.L. peccatum Sodomiticum "anal sex," lit. "sin of Sodom," from L. Sodoma, ult. from Heb. s'dom "Sodom," morally corrupt city in ancient Palestine, said to have been destroyed, with neighboring Gomorrah, by fire from heaven (Gen. xviii-xix). Sodomize coined 1868. In Du. slang, besodemieteren means "to deceive," and evidently is built from the traditional notion of "corruption" in Sodom.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: sod·omy
Pronunciation: 'sä-d&-mE
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French sodomie sexual intercourse between men, from Old French, from Late Latin Sodoma Sodom, from the supposed homosexual practices of the men of the city in Genesis 19:1-11
: the crime of oral or anal sexual contact or penetration between persons or of sexual intercourse between a person and an animal; especially : the crime of forcing another person to perform oral or anal sex —sod·om·ize /'sä-d&-"mIz/ transitive verb
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sod·omy
Pronunciation: 'säd-&-mE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -om·ies
1 : copulationwith a member of the same sex or with an animal
2 : noncoital and especially anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex —sod·om·it·ic /"säd-&-'mit-ik/ or sod·om·it·i·cal /-i-k&l/ adjective
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Medical Dictionary

sodomy sod·om·y (sŏd'ə-mē)
n.

  1. Anal copulation of one male with another.

  2. Anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.

  3. Copulation with an animal.

sod'om·ite' (-mīt') n.
sod'om·ize' (-mīz') v.

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