buggery
pronunciation
How to pronounce buggery in British English: UK [ˈbʌgəri]
How to pronounce buggery in American English: US [ˈbʌɡəri, ˈbʊɡ-]
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- Noun:
- anal intercourse committed by a man with a man or woman
Word Origin
- buggery (n.)
- mid-14c., "heresy," from Old French bougrerie, from bougre "heretic" (see bugger (n.)). Later "unnatural intercourse" with man or beast, "carnalis copula contra Naturam, & hoc vel per confusionem Specierum;" from bugger (n.) + -y (4).
Example
- 1. Gilbert : you don 't know what buggery is ?
- 2. Why was he accused of buggery and what is it ?