Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pederastic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ped-eras-tic
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to a man's erotic love for adolescent boys.

adj

In a manner which suggests pederasty.

Etymology

Etymology tree English pederast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English pederastic From pederast + -ic.

Inflected Forms

more pederastic (comparative) most pederastic (superlative) paederastic (alternative, UK) pæderastic (alternative, dated)

Derived Forms

pederastically

Synonyms

paederastic

Questions

What does pederastic mean?: Relating to a man's erotic love for adolescent boys.
Where does pederastic come from?: Etymology tree English pederast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English pederastic From pederast + -ic.

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