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[syn: pederasty, paederasty]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pederasty \Ped"er*as`ty\, n. [Gr. paiderasti`a: cf. F.
p['e]d['e]rastie.]
Sexual activity between two males; sodomy; the "crime against
nature"; -- used especially when one partner is a boy.
Note: The term "crime against nature" to refer to homosexual
activity is now (2002) seldom used except by religious
conservatives. It was in the 1913 Webster, and is left
here for historical purposes.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pederasty
n 1: sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal
intercourse with the boy as a passive partner) [syn:
pederasty, paederasty]