1300-50;Middle Englishbugerie heresy; see bugger1, -y3
British Dictionary definitions for buggery
buggery
/ˈbʌɡərɪ/
noun
1.
anal intercourse between a man and another man, a woman, or an animal Compare sodomy
Word Origin and History for buggery
n.
mid-14c., "heresy," later "unnatural intercourse" with man or beast, "carnalis copula contra Naturam, & hoc vel per confusionem Specierum". See bugger (n.) + -y (1).