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Sodomite vs Buggery - What's the difference?

sodomite | buggery |

As a proper noun sodomite

is an inhabitant of sodom, or (by extension) a descendant of one.

As a noun buggery is

(british) anal sex.

sodomite

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who practices sodomy; a sodomist.
  • (derogatory) A female or male homosexual.
  • * 2011 , Sherry Marie Velasco, Lesbians in Early Modern Spain, Page 45

    • Derived terms

    * sodomitry

    Related terms

    * sodomitess * sodomitic * sodomitical * sodomy

    See also

    * Sodomite

    Anagrams

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    buggery

    English

    Noun

  • (British) Anal sex.
  • * 1861 , United Kingdom, Offences Against the Person Act 1861 :
    • Whosoever shall be convicted of the abominable crime of buggery shall be liable at the discretion of the court to be kept in penal servitude for life or for any term not less than ten years.
  • Any sexual act deemed against nature, such as bestiality or necrophilia.
  • A broken or damaged condition.
    • It's gone to buggery .
  • An extreme condition.
    • It hurts like buggery'''. Run like '''buggery .
    English vulgarities