pederasticadj.
/ˌpɛdəˈrastɪk/, U.S. /ˌpɛdəˈræstɪk/ Relating to, involving, or practising pederasty.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > types of sexual behaviour > [adjective] > pederasty
pederastic1704
paedicatory1976
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub Pref. 15 There is, first, a large Pedarastick School, with French and Italian Masters.
1864 G. W. Balfour tr. J. L. Casper Handbk. Pract. Forensic Med. III. 333 (note) Dohrn..has observed this appearance in his old pæderastic hospitallers.
1882 Amer. Jrnl. Neurol. & Psychiatry 1 347 He is the chief passive agent in the pederastic ceremonies, which form so important a part in the performances.
1938 R. Graves Compl. Poems (1997) II. 80 We can know little..Of the Metropolis: her candled churches, Her white-gowned pederastic senators.
1992 Amer. Scholar Autumn 593/2 The very word ‘scoutmaster’..in knowing circles is alone sufficient to promise comic pederastic narrative.
Derivatives
pedeˈrastically adv.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > types of sexual behaviour > [adverb] > pederastically
pederastically1864
1864 G. W. Balfour tr. J. L. Casper Handbk. Pract. Forensic Med. III. 332 A boy alleged to have been abused pæderastically.
1917 C. R. Payne tr. O. Pfister Psychoanalytic Method viii. 159 The evildoer..had been misused pederastically by his comrades.
1992 A. Powell Jrnl. 31 Mar. (1997) 181 The hero and Elzevir Block, the father figure (unless looked on pederastically), being imprisoned in the Netherlands for ten years.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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