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Sodomite

American  
[sod-uh-mahyt] / ˈsɒd əˌmaɪt /

noun

  1. an inhabitant of Sodom.

  2. (lowercase) a person who engages in sodomy.

sodomite British  
/ ˈsɒdəˌmaɪt /

noun

  1. a person who practises sodomy

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Etymology

Origin of Sodomite

1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin Sodomīta < Greek Sodomī́tēs. See Sodom, -ite 1

Example Sentences

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Perhaps his wife, whom the story will not name, for pity or for horror, was a Sodomite.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Maclaren, Alexander

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