pæderastic

See also: paederastic

English

Etymology

pæderast +‎ -ic

Adjective

pæderastic (comparative more pæderastic, superlative most pæderastic)

  1. Obsolete spelling of pederastic
    • 1891, J. G. Kiernan, Physician and Surgeon, John William Keating, Volume XIII, № VI, page 273:
      In tribes where pæderastic ceremonies were part of the religious exercises, there would be no popular aversion to pæderasty. Indeed, Schopenhauer views pæderastic performances by old men as an illustration of the beneficence of nature in preventing the propagation of the defective beings.

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