sodomite

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UK/ˈsɒ.də.maɪt/US, cot caught merger/ˈsɑ.də.maɪt/

noun

One who practices sodomy; a sodomist.

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sodomistsodbugger
OriginMiddle English sodomyte ← Old French Sodomite ← Latin sodomīta →
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Meanings

sodomite1

nounsodomite (plural sodomites)

plural sodomites

  1. derogatoryOne who practices sodomy; a sodomist.

    The Avestan texts denounce the sodomite as a demon[…]

    1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization, page 113
    2 more examples

    There ſhalbe no whoꝛe of the daughters of Iſrael, noꝛ a Sodomite of the ſonnes of Iſrael.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 23:17

    For example, when one of his programmers and her husband engaged in oral sex in their own bedroom one night, the next morning she was called into Rife's office, where he called her a slut and a sodomite and told her to clean out the desk.

    1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 107
  2. A native or inhabitant of Sodom.

Sodomite2

nounSodomite (plural Sodomites)

plural Sodomites

  1. An inhabitant of Sodom, or (by extension) a descendant of one.

    The story of the people of Lot related in the Quran is often taken to mean that God condemns sodomites

    2012, Samar Habib, Female Homosexuality in the Middle East, chapter 3

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)

Similar
sodomistsodbugger
Broader
pervertdeviantdeviate
Also see
buggerfudge packersodsodomist

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

sodomite · noun

  1. Ancient Greekσοδομίτης
  2. Latinsodomīta
  3. Old FrenchSodomite
  4. Middle Englishsodomyte
  5. Englishsodomite

From Middle English sodomyte, sodomite, from Old French Sodomite and Latin sodomīta, from Ancient Greek σοδομίτης (sodomítēs). Equivalent to Sodom + -ite.

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Sodomite · noun

From Sodom + -ite.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἀρσενοκοίτης
  • ἀρσενοκοίτης (arsenokoítēs)one who practices sodomy
Bulgarian содомит
  • содомит (sodomit)one who practices sodomy
Catalan sodomita
  • sodomitaone who practices sodomy
Chinese Mandarin 雞姦者 /鸡奸者
  • 雞姦者 /鸡奸者 (jījiānzhě)one who practices sodomy
Czech sodomita
  • sodomitaone who practices sodomy
Finnish sodomiitti
  • sodomiittione who practices sodomy
French sodomite
  • sodomiteone who practices sodomy
German Sodomit
  • Sodomitone who practices sodomy
Greek σοδομίτης
  • σοδομίτης (sodomítis)one who practices sodomy
Hindi लौंडेबाज़
  • लौंडेबाज़ (lauṇḍebāz)one who practices sodomy
Italian sodomita
  • sodomitaone who practices sodomy
Japanese 男色者
  • 男色者one who practices sodomy
Latin paedīcātor, paedīcō
  • paedīcātorone who practices sodomy
  • paedīcōone who practices sodomy
  • cinaedusone who practices sodomy
  • pathicusone who practices sodomy
  • draucusone who practices sodomy
Polish sodomita
  • sodomitaone who practices sodomy
Portuguese sodomita
  • sodomitaone who practices sodomy
Russian содоми́т
  • содоми́т (sodomít)one who practices sodomy
Swedish sodomit
  • sodomitone who practices sodomy
Urdu لُوطی
  • لُوطی (lūtī)one who practices sodomy
Cite this entry
APA

sodomite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sodomite

MLA

“sodomite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sodomite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sodomite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sodomite.

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