Pederasty (dictionary)

BoyWiki Dictionary: Pederasty (dictionary)

n /ˈpɛ.də.ræs.ti/ /ˈpɛd.ɛrəs.ti/ From Ancient Greek παιδεραστία (love of boys), from παιδεραστής (pederast), from παῖς (genitive παιδός) (child, son, boy) + ἐραστής (lover), from ἐράσθαι (to lοve), from ἐράω (to love passionately, to long for).

¹ Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy.

² (archaic) Anal intercourse in general, usually between a man and an adolescent boy.

See also

• Pederasty