buggery
/ˈbʌɡəɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any sexual act deemed against nature, such as homosexuality, bestiality or necrophilia.
British usage; Countable; Uncountable
adv
Used after an inverted subject pronoun and auxiliary verb or copula to emphatically negate the verb.
British usage; Colloquial
Example Sentences
- "Whosoever shall be convicted of the abominable crime of buggery […] shall be liable at the discretion of the court to be kept in penal servitude for life or for any term not less than ten years."
- "Whosoever shall be convicted of the abominable Crime of Buggery, committed either with Mankind or with any Animal, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for Life or for any Term not less than Ten Years."
- "It's gone to buggery."
- "Did he help? Did he buggery!"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Usage
- British usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Slang
- Colloquial