Sodomite
noun
an inhabitant of Sodom.
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Sodomite
American
[sod-uh-mahyt]
/ ˈsɒd əˌmaɪt /
noun
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an inhabitant of Sodom.
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(lowercase) a person who engages in sodomy.
sodomite
British
/ ˈsɒdəˌmaɪt /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Sodomite
1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin Sodomīta < Greek Sodomī́tēs. See Sodom, -ite 1
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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
Luti is usually translated as sodomite and is widely considered derogatory, but some gay Arabic writers have recently co-opted the term the way gay anglophones reclaimed the word queer in the 1980s.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2012
"Here we are, talking of changing the world: George, the Lord Byron and Bysshe Shelley ... a pale vegetarian and a club-footed sodomite."
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2012
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