paederastic

1. 1.

   of homosexuality between a man and a boy

   Synonymspederastic

Questions about paederastic

What does paederastic mean?

paederastic means "of homosexuality between a man and a boy".

How many syllables are in paederastic?

paederastic has 5 syllables and divides as pa-e-de-ra-stic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for paederastic?

Close synonyms include pederastic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is paederastic a common word?

paederastic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.