/ ˈbʌgəri; NAmE / noun
[ U ] ( BrE , taboo , slang or law ) anal sex
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (in the sense heresy ): from Middle Dutch buggerie , from Old French bougrerie , from bougre heretic, from medieval Latin Bulgarus Bulgarian, particularly one belonging to the Orthodox Church and therefore regarded as a heretic by the Roman Church. The sense sodomy (16th cent.) arose from an association of heresy with forbidden sexual practices; its use as a general insult dates from the early 18th cent..