pæderasty

A form of pederasty — Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy.

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Meanings

nounpæderasty (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of pederasty.

    Dr. Randolf Wilson has observed several cases of anal and urethral gonorrhœa evidently resulting from the practice of active and passive pæderasty by the boys of the House of Refuge.

    1891, The Medical Standard, G.P. Engelhard & Co.; Volume IX, № 3, page 126
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