sodomicaladj.
/səˈdɒmᵻkl/, U.S. /səˈdɑmək(ə)l/ Chiefly derogatory and offensive. Now rare.
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. (in various senses).Sodomitical is now the commoner term.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.
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SodomitishOE
sodomic?a1400
sodomitical1538
buggerly1545
sodometrous1549
sodomical?1556
sodomitic1602
per anum1687
sodomist1893
?1556 E. P. tr. T. Cranmer Confut. Verities iii. sig. G.vi If these..lawes wer throughly executed..the realme of England should not swarme so ful of runnagates, adulterous and sodomicall Pryestes.
1666 W. Prynne Exact Chronol. Hist. Popes Intollerable Usurpations 293 These prodigious, unchast, sodomical consequences of prohibiting Priests marriages.
1729 Polit. State Great-Brit. Aug. 190 Two Gentlemen in the Commission of the Peace for Middlesex..letting several Persons escape that were brought before them for Sodomical Practices.
1866 tr. Confessional Man. in Confessional Unmasked (Protestant Electoral Union) 58/2 But is it a mortal sin for a man to rub his—against the hinder vessel of the wife?.. To touch the mouth of the hinder vessel is not ordained for sodomical copulation.
1907 R. A. Witthaus Med. Jurispr., Forensic Med. & Toxicol. 748 The sodomical habit referred to, known as pederasty, is one of the oldest infamies of the Adamic race.
2012 L. C. Seifort in J. Merrick & M. Sibalis Homosexuality in French Hist. & Culture 44 Sodomical acts among men are the primary focus [in late 17th cent. satires].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.?1556