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sod·om·y

 (sŏd′ə-mē)
n.
Any of various forms of sexual acts regarded as perverted, especially anal intercourse, oral-anal contact, or sexual intercourse with an animal.
[Middle English sodomie, from Old French, from Sodome, Sodom, from Latin Sodoma, from Greek, from Hebrew sədōm.]
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sodomy

(ˈsɒdəmɪ)
n
(Physiology) anal intercourse committed by a man with another man or a woman. Compare buggery
[C13: via Old French sodomie from Latin (Vulgate) Sodoma Sodom]
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sod•om•y

(ˈsɒd ə mi)

n.
1. anal or oral copulation with a member of the same sex.
2. enforced anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.
3. bestiality (def. 4).
[1250–1300; Middle English sodomie < Old French. See Sodom, -y3]
sod`o•mit′i•cal (-ˈmɪt ɪ kəl) sod`o•mit′ic, adj.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.sodomy - intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman
anal intercourse, anal sex, buggery
sexual perversion, perversion - an aberrant sexual practice;
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sodomy

noun anal intercourse, anal sex, buggery Half of the states still have laws against sodomy.
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Translations
لواط
sodomia
skotološtvosodomija
sodomia
sodomie

sodomy

[ˈsɒdəmɪ] N → sodomía f
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sodomy

[ˈsɒdəmi] n → sodomie fSod's Law sod's law [ˌsɒdzˈlɔː] n (British) → loi f de l'emmerdement maximum
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sodomy

n → Analverkehr m
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sodomy

[ˈsɒdəmɪ] n → sodomia
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sod·o·my

n. sodomía, término que denota relación sexual entre personas del mismo sexo; bestialidad o felación.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

sodomy

n sodomía
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