Sodomite

Sodomite
/sod"euh muyt'/, n.
1. an inhabitant of Sodom.
2. (l.c.) a person who engages in sodomy.
[1250-1300; ME < MF < LL Sodomita < Gk Sodomítes. See SODOM, -ITE1]

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