Pederasty

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pederasty
       n : sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal
           intercourse with the boy as a passive partner) [syn: {paederasty}]