Definitions for pederasty

pederasty ped·er·as·ty

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

Pederasty is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 592 anagrams from letters in pederasty (adeeprsty).

Definitions for pederasty

noun

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

Origin of pederasty

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

Examples for pederasty

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Word Value for pederasty
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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