English Explanatory Dictionary

Sodom

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in the Middle East which, according to the Bible and Islamic tradition, but not specifically named in the Qur'an, was destroyed by God (along with Gomorrah) for the sins of its inhabitants.
  2. Wadham College, Oxford.
noun
  1. A city or place full of sin and vice.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɒ.dəm/ sädʹəm /ˈsɑ.dəm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sodom.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Sodom.wav

Word forms

Sodom Sodoms

Etymology

Partially from Old English Sodome, Sodoma, partially from Ancient Greek Σόδομα (Sódoma), from the Biblical Hebrew סְדֹם (s'dóm). (Wadham College): Chosen for the rhyme.

Related words

sodomise sodomist sodomite sodomy Admah Gomorrah Zeboim

Derived words

apple of Sodom Sea of Sodom Sodom and Gomorrah Sodom apple Sodom egg-plant Sodom-fruit Sodomic Sodomite sodomize vine of Sodom
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