7 definitions found for sodomy

Sodomy SOD'OMY, n. A crime against nature.

sodomy n 1: intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman [syn: sodomy, buggery, anal sex, anal intercourse]

sodomy noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French sodomie, from Late Latin Sodoma Sodom; from the homosexual proclivities of the men of the city in Genesis 19:1-11 Date: 13th century anal or oral copulation with a member of the same or opposite sex; also copulation with an animal • sodomitic or sodomitical adjective

sodomy
n. = BUGGERY.
Derivatives:
sodomize v.tr. (also -ise).
Etymology: ME f. med.L sodomia f. LL peccatum Sodomiticum sin of Sodom: see SODOM

Sodomy Sod"om*y, n. [From Sodom. a country mentioned in the Bible: cf. F. sodomite.] Carnal copulation in a manner against nature; buggery. --Gen. xix. 5.

SODOMY sod'-o-mi. See SODOM; SODOMITE; CRIMES; PUNISHMENTS.

sodomy n. Buggery, unnatural carnal intercourse.