SODOMY


Meaning of SODOMY in English

/ ˈsɒdəmi; NAmE ˈsɑːd-/ noun

[ U ] a sexual act in which a man puts his penis in sb's, especially another man's, anus

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English : from medieval Latin sodomia , from late Latin peccatum Sodomiticum sin of Sodom (after Gen. 19:5, which implies that the men of Sodom practised homosexual rape) (see Sodom and Gomorrah ).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.