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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch sodomite (Sodomite, inhabitant of Sodom), from Latin sodomīta, from Ancient Greek σοδομίτης (sodomítēs). Equivalent to Sodom +‎ -iet.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌsoː.dɔˈmit/
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  • Hyphenation: so‧do‧miet
  • Rhymes: -it

Noun

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sodomiet m (plural sodomieten, diminutive sodomietje n)

  1. (derogatory, offensive) A sodomite, a man who penetrates another man anally or (more generally) any male homosexual.

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