Definitions for pederasties

pederasties ped·er·as·ty

Spelling: [ped-uh-ras-tee, pee-duh-]
IPA: /ˈpɛd əˌræs ti, ˈpi də-/

Pederasties is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 1010 anagrams from letters in pederasties (adeeeiprsst).

Definitions for pederasties

noun

  1. sexual relations between two males, especially when one of them is a minor.

Origin of pederasties

1605-15; New Latin pederastia Greek paiderastía love of boys. See pederast, -y3

Examples for pederasties

Las Casas tells us that pederasty was tolerated because they believed that their gods practiced it.

And some forms of African sexual diversity, such as pederasty, are hardly models for contemporary morality.

The relations that from eunuchism led to pederasty are very easy of explanation.

The early Franciscan missionaries to California found the men who were used for pederasty dressed as women.

I asked him what he thought of the charge of pederasty brought against the bard.

It is very doubtful whether he was a Huguenot, and whenever in his works he refers to pederasty it is with strong disapproval.

We often meet with pederasty without a trace of inversion of the sexual appetite.

Hence the fear of over-population caused Aristotle to recommend to the men abstinence from their wives, and pederasty, instead.

As well be imagined, pederasty has a fine field in this town, where the passions are kept under lock and key.

pederasty, ped′e-rast-i, n. unnatural commerce of males with males, esp.

Word Value for pederasties
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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