Sodomite

See also: sodomite

English

Etymology

From Sodom +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒ.də.maɪt/
• (US, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.də.maɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: So‧do‧mite, So‧dom‧ite

Noun

Sodomite (plural Sodomites)

1. An inhabitant of Sodom, or (by extension) a descendant of one.
   • 2012, Samar Habib, Female Homosexuality in the Middle East, chapter 3

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

Derived terms

• Sodomitish

See also

• Sodom
• sodomite

Anagrams

• doomiest, moodiest