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In some senses, buggery is marked as slang, vulgar, UK, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
buggery
/ˈbʌɡəɹi/
noun 3adv 1intj 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
abominable, good, liable
VERB + BUGGERY
gone, help
BUGGERY + NOUN
sodomy
PREP.
with
ADV.
actually
Definitions
noun
1
Anal sex.
Whosoever shall be convicted of the abominable crime of buggery […] shall be liable at the discretion of the court to be kept in penal servitude for life or for any term not less than ten years.
2
Any sexual act deemed against nature, such as homosexuality, bestiality or necrophilia.
Whosoever shall be convicted of the abominable Crime of Buggery, committed either with Mankind or with any Animal, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for Life or for any Term not less than Ten Years.
3
A broken or damaged condition.
It's gone to buggery.
adv
1
Used after an inverted subject pronoun and auxiliary verb or copula to emphatically negate the verb.
Did he help? Did he buggery!
intj
1
Synonym of bugger.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or w
- sodomy
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Whosoever shall be convicted of the abominable crime of buggery […] shall be liable at the discretion of the court to be kept in penal servitude for life or for any term not less than ten years.
Wiktionary02
Whosoever shall be convicted of the abominable Crime of Buggery, committed either with Mankind or with any Animal, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for Li
Wiktionary03
It's gone to buggery.
Wiktionary04
Did he help? Did he buggery!
Wiktionary05
Buggery and sodomy are synonyms for anal intercourse.
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Buggery is good, actually.
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