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1621 Etymology dictionary, p. explicit (adj.).3
As a euphemism for "pornographic" it dates from 1971 (phrases such as sexually explicit are earlier). Related: Explicitness. "Explicitus" was written at the end of medieval books, originally short for explicitus est liber "the book is unrolled."
1622 Etymology dictionary, p. fact (n.).6
Facts of life is by 1854 as "the stark realities of existence;" by 1913 it had also acquired a more specific sense of "knowledge of human sexual functions." The alliterative pairing of facts and figures for "precise information" is by 1727.
1623 Etymology dictionary, p. feel (n.).2
… "a sexual grope" is from 1932; from verbal phrase to feel (someone) up (1930).
1624 Etymology dictionary, p. fellatio (n.).2
… ." The sexual partner performing fellatio is a fellator; if female, a fellatrice or fellatrix. L.C. Smithers' 1884 translation from German of Forberg's "Manual …
1625 Etymology dictionary, p. fellowship (n.).2
… for "sexual intercourse" ( carnal fellowship ).
1626 Etymology dictionary, p. feminism (n.).2
1851, "qualities of females;" 1895, "advocacy of women's rights;" from French féminisme (1837); see feminine + -ism. Also, in biology, "development of female secondary sexual characteristics in a male" (1875).
1627 Etymology dictionary, p. fetish (n.).5
Figurative sense of "something irrationally revered, object of blind devotion" appears to be an extension made by the New England Transcendentalists (1837). For sexual sense (1897), see fetishism .
1628 Etymology dictionary, p. fetishism (n.).2
1801, "worship of fetishes," from fetish + -ism. Expanded in use by Comte taking it to denote a general type of primitive religion (animism). In the purely psycho-sexual sense, first recorded 1897 in writings of Henry Havelock Ellis (1859-1939).
1629 Etymology dictionary, p. fetishism (n.).3
Related: Fetishist (1845; psycho-sexual sense from 1897); fetishistic .
1630 Etymology dictionary, p. flapper (n.).6
… of "sexually licentious woman" is by 1914, probably derived from the chorus girl/actress sense rather than the young prostitute sense (the chorus girls had …
1631 Etymology dictionary, p. flesh (n.).4
… for "sexual intercourse."
1632 Etymology dictionary, p. Flynn.2
surname, from Irish flann "red." Rhyming phrase in like Flynn is 1940s slang, said to have originated in the U.S. military, perhaps from alleged sexual exploits of Hollywood actor Errol Flynn (1909-1959).
1633 Etymology dictionary, p. fool (v.).2
… "have sexual adventures."
1634 Etymology dictionary, p. foreplay (n.).2
by 1921 in sexual sense, from fore- + play (n.); Freud's Vorlust was translated earlier as fore-pleasure (Brill, 1910). A more direct translation from the German would be thwarted by the sense drift in English lust (n.). Earlier as a theatrical term:
1635 Etymology dictionary, p. fornicate (v.).2
… illicit sexual intercourse" (said of an unmarried person), from Late Latin fornicatus, past participle of fornicari "to fornicate," from Latin fornix (genitive …
1636 Etymology dictionary, p. fox (n.).3
… . Meaning "sexually attractive woman" is from 1940s; but foxy in this sense is recorded from 1895. A fox-tail was anciently one of the badges of a fool (late 14c.).
1637 Etymology dictionary, p. fox (n.).4
… , for sexual intercourse without irritation, "the extremest end of a foxes tail hung upon the arm." Rubbing a fox's testicles on warts was supposed a means to …
1638 Etymology dictionary, p. free (adj.).5
… love "sexual liberation" attested from 1822 (the doctrine itself is much older), American English. Free and easy "unrestrained" is from 1690s.
1639 Etymology dictionary, p. French (adj.).3
… and sexual sophistication, a sense first recorded 1749 in the phrase French novel. (In late 19c.-early 20c., a French kiss was a kiss on each cheek.) French-Canadian …
1640 Etymology dictionary, p. french (v.).2
"perform oral sex on," c. 1917, from French (adj.), reflecting Anglo-Saxon equation of Gallic culture and sexual sophistication. Related: Frenched; frenching .