单词 | sodomitish |
释义 | Sodomitishadj. Somewhat rare. 1. Chiefly derogatory and offensive. 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. Cf. sodomitical adj.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. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > anal sex > [adjective] SodomitishOE sodomic?a1400 sodomitical1538 buggerly1545 sodometrous1549 sodomical?1556 sodomitic1602 per anum1687 sodomist1893 OE Form of Confession (Tiber. C.i) in Anglia (1889) 11 101 Ic eom anddetta sodomitiscre synne þe hig on gegylton, þæt ys geligre leasunga & gytsunga, getrywleasnyssa & þristleasnyssa minra synna. 1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 53 Hym haue the Sodomytysh knaues dyffamed in the legende of Cuthbert. 1678 J. Bunyan Come, & Welcome 274 Hast thou left thy Darling Sins, thy Sodomitish Pleasures..behind thee? 1718 J. Wild Answer Late Insolent Libel (title page) With a Diverting Scene of a Sodomitish Academy. 1837 Emancipator (N.Y.) 6 July 37/3 The Divine vengeance would not tolerate its Sodomitish existence. 1874 W. Jones N. Test. Illustr. 181 This century of moral purity as compared with the Sodomitish iniquity that revelled there [sc. at Pompeii]. 1958 Chron. (Port Neches, Texas) 7 Feb. 2/3 When a nation turns away from God,..the Sodomitish atmosphere soon manifests itself. 2. Of or relating to the city of Sodom. Sodomitish sea n. the Dead Sea. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Let. to Sigeweard (De Veteri et Novo Test.) (Laud) 25 Þa yfelan leoda, fif burhscira ðæs fulan mennisces Sodomitisces [c1175 Bodl. Sodomitisces] eardes, mid sweflenum fyre færlice wurdon ealle forbærnde. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras v. 7 The Sodomitysh see shal cast out his fish. 1662 tr. P. Serrarius Awakening Warning to Wofull World 29 That which is said of the Sodomitish Sea, without doubt hath long since been fulfilled. 1830 T. Aird in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 816 To hear the smother'd voices rack the Sodomitish sea. 1905 E. E. Byrum Trav. & Experiences Other Lands 389 Ancient historians have denominated it [sc. the Dead Sea] ‘the Sodomitish Sea’, ‘the Sea of Sodom’, [etc.]. 1980 De Leon (Texas) Free Press 25 Sept. 9/2 Mrs. Lot's daughters showed their low moral standards when they married Sodomitish men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.OE |
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