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1521 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 …
1522 Etymology dictionary, p. act (n.).4
… as "sexual intercourse." Act of God "uncontrollable natural force" is recorded by 1726.
1523 Etymology dictionary, p. ado (n.).3
… ," and "sexual intercourse" (both c. 1400).
1524 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 …
1525 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 .
1526 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 .
1527 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 …
1528 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 …
1529 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 …
1530 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 .
1531 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 …
1532 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 …
1533 Etymology dictionary, p. arousal (n.).2
1827, "action of arousing, state of being awakened," from arouse + -al (2). Sexual association is from c. 1900.
1534 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.
1535 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).
1536 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.
1537 Etymology dictionary, p. bananas (adj.).2
"crazy," 1968; earlier it was noted as an underworld slang term for "sexually perverted" (1935).
1538 Etymology dictionary, p. bang (v.).3
The slang meaning "have sexual intercourse with" attested by 1937. As an adverb, "suddenly, abruptly," by 1828, probably from the notion of "with a sudden or violent sound." Related: Banged; banging .
1539 Etymology dictionary, p. barter (v.).2
… have sexual intercourse"), 12c., which is of uncertain origin, perhaps from a Celtic language (compare Irish brath "treachery"). The connection between "trading …
1540 Etymology dictionary, p. beddable (adj.).2
"sexually attractive," 1941, from bed (v.) in the "have sex with" sense + -able .