Definition of Paederastic

1. Adjective. Of homosexuality between a man and a boy.

Exact synonyms: Pederastic
Similar to: Homosexual
Derivative terms: Paederast, Pederast

Definition of Paederastic

1. Adjective. (chiefly British spelling) (alternative spelling of pederastic) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paederastic

paduak
paduasoies
paduasoy
paduasoys
paducahs
paean
paeanism
paeanisms
paeans
paecilomyces
paeciloycosis
paedagogic
paedagogical
paedantry
paederast
paederastic (current term)
paederasts
paederasty
paediatric
paediatric arthritis
paediatric dentistry
paediatric nursing
paediatric radiology
paediatrician
paediatricians
paediatrics
paediatrist
paediatry

Literary usage of Paederastic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Secreted Desires: The Major Uranians by Michael Matthew Kaylor (2006)
"... Chapter Four — 'A Sort of Chivalrous Conscience': Pater's Marius the Epicurean and paederastic Pedagogy I will not sing my little puny songs. ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1882)
"They are the chief passive agents in the paederastic exercises which form so important a part of the ceremonies. Hence it is that this condition is ..."

3. The Mount Vernon Street Warrens: A Boston Story, 1860-1910 by Martin Burgess Green (1880)
""The Museum," he said later, "was truly a paederastic evangel. It must be counted a result of love."47 He said this sort of thing not only in private to his ..."

4. A Tale of a Tub: Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. To which by Jonathan Swift, William Wotton (1812)
"There is first, a large paederastic school, with French and Italian masters. There is, also, the spelling school, a very spacious building: the school of' ..."

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