sodomize

[sod-uh-mahyz]

verb (used with object), sod·om·ized, sod·om·iz·ing.

to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.

Also especially British, sod·om·ise.

Origin of sodomize

First recorded in 1950–55; sodom(y) + -ize

Related formssod·om·ist, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for sodomise

sodomize

sodomise

verb

(tr) to be the active partner in anal intercourse

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Word Origin and History for sodomise

chiefly British English spelling of sodomize. For suffix, see -ize. Related: Sodomised; sodomising.

sodomize

1868; see sodomy + -ize. Related: Sodomized; sodomizing. In Dutch slang, besodemieteren means "to deceive," and evidently is built from the traditional notion of "corruption" in Sodom.