See Also: sadist(medicine)
sadist(dictionary)
sadist(dictionary)

sadist (iou)



sadist noun & adjective. E20.
[formed as SADISM + -IST.]
A. noun. A person who derives (esp. sexual) pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, humiliation, etc.; colloq. a cruel or merciless person. E20.
J. Poyer Slow, painful death at the hands of sadists who delight in inflicting the worst possible pain. G. Swift This sadist, this power-monger, this refiner of cruelties.
b. adjective. = sadistic adjective. E20.
sa'distic adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of sadism or a sadist: L19.
sa'distically adverb E20.