单词 | sodomic |
释义 | sodomicadj. In later use chiefly derogatory and offensive. rare before late 19th cent. Of or relating to the city of Sodom. Also: of the nature of, or engaging in, a form of sexual intercourse (esp. homosexual anal intercourse) characterized as unnatural or immoral, or otherwise culturally stigmatized; = sodomitical adj. 1a.For more details on the forms of sexual intercourse that may be implied by this and related words, see note at sodomy n. 1a.On the association of such sexual intercourse with the city of Sodom, see note at Sodom n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > anal sex > [adjective] SodomitishOE sodomic?a1400 sodomitical1538 buggerly1545 sodometrous1549 sodomical?1556 sodomitic1602 per anum1687 sodomist1893 ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 7818 Vsure, & symonie, & synne sodomike [Fr. sodomien]. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 13824 He ȝede to synne sodomyke. 1860 G. B. Cheever Guilt of Slavery iv. 52 That which, if Abraham had let it alone..would have stood in the annals of Sodomic and Egyptian history as a crime..is baptized for a virtue. 1893 Voice (N.Y.) 20 Apr. America is to have a revival of the Sodomic civilization under more favorable auspices. 1916 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 26 478 In the midst of these painful transvaluations, Jesus had a way of justifying his attitude toward Sodom and things Sodomic. 1969 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Oct. 1146/3 To forestall the pious clichés which greet a love stopped by death he will linger searingly on sodomic practice. 2004 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 25 Nov. a5/3 The so-called human rights groups..have now demanded that the Jamaican Government and people open their society to the sodomic system. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1400 |
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