pederasty

• paederasty (Commonwealth)
• pæderasty (Commonwealth, dated)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παιδεραστία (paiderastía, “love of boys”), from παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, “pederast”), from παῖς (paîs, “child, son, boy”) + ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”), from ἔραμαι (éramai, “to love”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛd.ə.ɹəs.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛd.ə.ɹæs.ti/, /ˈpi.də.ɹæs.ti/

pederasty (usually uncountable, plural pederasties) (American spelling)

1. Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy.

   Antonym: (erotic love between a woman and a girl) korephilia

2. (archaic) Anal intercourse in general, usually between a man and an adolescent boy.

• Originally referred to formal practices mandated by Greek customs and laws. Often used in a modern sense for either lawful or transgressive inter-generational love relationships.
• Often used colloquially to describe sexual abuse that is perpetrated by adults on pre-pubescent boys (see pedophilia).

• boylove (euphemistic)

• pederast
• pederastic
• pedophile