sodomite

noun

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sod·om·ite | \ ˈsä-də-ˌmīt

variants: or less commonly Sodomite

plural sodomites also Sodomites

Definition of sodomite

often offensive

: someone who practices sodomy —used as a term of abuse and disparagement for a gay person

History and Etymology for sodomite

Middle English sodomyte, sodomit "one who practices a culturally stigmatized form of sexual intercourse," borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French sodomite, borrowed from Late Latin Sodomita "inhabitant of Sodom, one who practices a culturally stigmatized form of sexual intercourse," borrowed from Greek Sodomítēs "inhabitant of Sodom," from Sódoma sodom + -itēs -ite entry 1