Associations to the word «Sodom»

Wiktionary

SODOM, proper noun. (biblical) (quranic) A city in the Middle East which, according to the Bible and the Qur'an, was destroyed by the Hebrew God (along with Gomorrah) for the sins of its inhabitants.

Dictionary definition

SODOM, noun. Any location known for vice and corruption.
SODOM, noun. (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Gomorrah) was destroyed by God for the wickedness of its inhabitants.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats