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buggery
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun buggery has 1 sense
- buggery(n = noun.act) anal intercourse, anal sex, sodomy - intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman; Array is a kind of perversion, sexual perversion
Derived form verb bugger1
CIDE DICTIONARY
buggery, n. [OF. bougrerie, bogrerie, heresy. See Bugger.].
Unnatural sexual intercourse; sodomy. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
buggery, n.
1 anal intercourse.
2 = BESTIALITY 2.
1 anal intercourse.
2 = BESTIALITY 2.
Etymology
ME f. MDu. buggerie f. OF bougerie: see BUGGER
ROGET THESAURUS
buggery
Sexuality
N sex, sexuality, gender, male, masculinity, maleness, female, femininity, sexual intercourse, copulation, mating, coitus, sex, lovemaking, marital relations, sexual union, sleeping together, carnal knowledge, sex instinct, sex drive, libido, lust, concupiscence, hots, horns, arousal, heat, rut, estrus, oestrus, tumescence, erection, hard-on, boner, masturbation, self-gratification, autoeroticism, onanism, self- abuse, orgasm, climax, ejaculation, sexiness, attractiveness, sensuality, voluptuousness, fornication, adultery, sex symbol, sex goddess, stud, hunk, one-night stand, pornography, porn, porno, hardcore pornography, softcore pornography, pin-up, cheesecake, beefcake, Playboy, Esquire, Hustler, perversion, deviation, sexual abnormality, fetish, fetishism, homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, sodomy, buggery, pederasty, sadism, masochism, sado-masochism, incest, sexy, erotic, sexual, carnal, sensual, hot, horny, randy, rutting, passionate, lusty, hot-blooded, libidinous, up, in the mood, homosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual.
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