Sodomitic
/ˌsɒdəˈmɪtɪk/noun
Relating to Sodom, sodomy, or interpretations of sexual conduct associated with the biblical story of Sodom.
Did you know?The association between Sodom and specific sexual acts developed through centuries of Jewish, Christian, and later legal interpretation; the biblical text itself describes the city’s wrongdoing more broadly and controversially.
Etymological Timeline
Hebrew Bible, 1st millennium BCE
Biblical Hebrew
Sedom
“Sodom, the city named in the account of Sodom and Gomorrah; the name’s original meaning is uncertain.”
Septuagint, 3rd–2nd century BCE
Ancient Greek
Sódoma
“Greek form of the place-name Sodom.”
Late Antiquity
Ecclesiastical Greek
Sodomítēs
“A person associated with Sodom; later Christian usage connected the term with condemned sexual behavior.”
Late Latin
Latin
sodomita
“A person associated with Sodom or with acts interpreted through the Sodom narrative.”
Middle English, 14th–15th century
English
sodomite / sodomy
“Terms referring to a person or sexual act associated with medieval interpretations of Sodom.”
17th–19th century
English
sodomitic
“An adjective meaning relating to sodomy, a sodomite, or the traditional Sodom association.”
Modern English
English
sodomitic
“Relating to sodomy or to the biblical and historical concept of Sodom.”