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1501 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. שִׂנְאָה.2
… (of sexual revulsion) שׂ׳ גְּדוֹלָה 2 S 13:15 (all acc. cogn.). 2. י׳ ’s hating, as vb., c. acc. pers., Dt 1:27; 9:28 .
1502 Etymology dictionary, p. abstain (v.).2
… ; be sexually continent," from Old French abstiner, abstenir (14c.), earlier astenir (13c.) "hold (oneself) back, refrain voluntarily, abstain (from what satisfies the …
1503 Etymology dictionary, p. abstinence (n.).2
… of sexual appetites but also in Middle English of food, fighting, luxury.
1504 Etymology dictionary, p. abuse (v.).3
… misuse sexually, ravish," but OED 2nd ed. marks this obsolete and the modern use "subject (someone) to unwanted sexual activity" is likely a fresh coinage from …
1505 Etymology dictionary, p. abuse (n.).2
… unwanted sexual activity is from late 20c. Earlier in Middle English was abusion "wicked act or practice, shameful thing, violation of decency" (early 14c.), "an …
1506 Etymology dictionary, p. act (n.).4
… as "sexual intercourse." Act of God "uncontrollable natural force" is recorded by 1726.
1507 Etymology dictionary, p. ado (n.).3
… ," and "sexual intercourse" (both c. 1400).
1508 Etymology dictionary, p. algolagnia (n.).2
… -masochism, sexuality that fetishizes violence and pain," 1900, Modern Latin, coined in German in 1892 by German doctor and paranormalist Albert von Schrenck …
1509 Etymology dictionary, p. amative (adj.).2
1630s, "disposed to love or sexual passion," from Latin amat-, past-participle stem of amare "to love" (see Amy ) + -ive. Related: Amativeness .
1510 Etymology dictionary, p. amatory (adj.).2
1590s, "pertaining to love, expressive of love" (especially sexual love), from Latin amatorius "loving, amorous," from amat-, past-participle stem of amare "to love" (see Amy ). Related: Amatorial .
1511 Etymology dictionary, p. ambisexual (adj.).2
… ambi- + sexual. Ambosexous (1650s) and ambosexual (1935) both were used in the sense "hermaphrodite." Ambisextrous is recorded from 1929 as a humorous coinage based …
1512 Etymology dictionary, p. amorous (adj.).2
… love; sexually attracted," from Old French amoros "loving, in love; lovely" (13c., Modern French amoureux ), from Late Latin amorosum, from Latin amor "love, affection …
1513 Etymology dictionary, p. amour (n.).2
… meant sexual love), from amare "to love" (see Amy ). The accent shifted 15c.-17c. to the first syllable as the word became nativized, then shifted back as the sense "illicit …
1514 Etymology dictionary, p. anaphrodisiac (adj.).2
"diminishing the sexual appetite," 1823, from Greek anaphroditos "without sexual desire," or from an- (1) "not, without" + aphrodisiac. Related: Anaphrodisia; anaphroditic; anaphroditous .
1515 Etymology dictionary, p. antaphrodisiac (adj.).2
… against sexual appetite;" 1742, "used against venereal disease;" from anti- + Greek aphrodisios "venereal" (see aphrodisiac ). From 1753 as a noun, "medicine used against …
1516 Etymology dictionary, p. aphrodisiac (n.).2
… excites sexual desire," 1719, from Latinized form of Greek aphrodisiakos "inducing sexual desire," from Aphrodisios, "sacred to Aphrodite, pertaining to Aphrodite …
1517 Etymology dictionary, p. arousal (n.).2
1827, "action of arousing, state of being awakened," from arouse + -al (2). Sexual association is from c. 1900.
1518 Etymology dictionary, p. asexual (adj.).2
1829, as a term in biology, "having no sex or sexual system," a hybrid from a- (3) "not" + sexual. In general contexts, "wanting sexuality, being of or referring to neither sex," attested from 1896.
1519 Etymology dictionary, p. ass (n.2).5
The meaning "woman regarded as a sexual object" is by early 1940s ( piece of ass seems to be implied in 1930s Tijuana Bibles), but the image is older (compare buttock "a common strumpet," 1670s).
1520 Etymology dictionary, p. assemble (v.).3
In Middle English and in Old French it also was a euphemism for "to couple sexually." The meaning "put parts together" in manufacturing is from 1852. Related: Assembled; assembling. Assemble together is redundant.