"love of cruelty," 1888, from French sadisme, from the name of Count Donatien A.F. de Sade (1740-1815). Not a marquis, though usually now called one, he was notorious for cruel sexual practices he described in his novels.
saddlebag
saddler
saddle-tree
Sadducee
Sadie
sadism
sadist
sadistic
sadly
sadness
sado-masochism
