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PEDERAST
Definition of PEDERAST
noun
A man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy; a practitioner of pederasty.
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Other senses
PEDERAST carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A man who has sexual relations, especially anal intercourse, with a boy.
noun
One who is guilty of pederasty. Also pederist.
noun
One guilty of pederasty; a sodomite.
noun
a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French pédéraste, from Ancient Greek παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, “lover of boys”), from παῖς (paîs, “boy”) and ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,666)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PEDERAST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 108 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PEDERAST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADEEPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of PEDERAST. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PEDERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found PEDERAST?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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