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1541 Etymology dictionary, p. bestiality (n.).2
late 14c., "the nature of beasts," from bestial + -ity. The meaning "indulgence in bestial instincts" is from 1650s; the sense of "sexual activity with a beast" is from 1611 (KJV).
1542 Etymology dictionary, p. bimbo (n.).8
… West's sexually aggressive Diamond Lil character being called a " Bowery bimbo."
1543 Etymology dictionary, p. bisexual (adj.).2
… - "two" + sexual. The meaning "attracted to both sexes" is from 1914; the noun in this sense is attested from 1922, and compare bisexuality. Not in general use until …
1544 Etymology dictionary, p. bitch (n.).2
… is sexually contemptuous, from the "woman" insult.
1545 Etymology dictionary, p. bitchy (adj.).2
1925, U.S. slang, "sexually provocative;" later (1930s) "spiteful, catty, bad-tempered" (usually of females); from bitch + -y (2). Earlier in reference to male dogs thought to look less rough or coarse than usual.
1546 Etymology dictionary, p. blow (v.1).6
For the sexual sense, see blow-job .
1547 Etymology dictionary, p. bondage (n.).2
… .). The sexual sado-masochism sense is recorded by 1963 (in a New York law against publications portraying it).
1548 Etymology dictionary, p. bonk (v.).2
"to hit," 1931, probably of imitative origin; it is attested by 1975 in the sense of "have sexual intercourse with." Related: Bonked; bonking. As a noun from 1938; in the sexual sense by 1984.
1549 Etymology dictionary, p. booty (n.).2
… male sexual terms for women, its sense can shift to copulation generally or to the eroticized body parts (compare nookie, ass, etc.).
1550 Etymology dictionary, p. broach (v.).2
… penetrate sexually" (12c., Modern French brocher ), from the Old French noun (see broach (n.), and compare Italian broccare ). The meaning "begin to talk about" is 1570s …
1551 Etymology dictionary, p. broil (v.2).2
… have sexual intercourse" (13c., Modern French brouiller ), perhaps from breu, bro "stock, broth, brew," from Frankish or another Germanic source (compare Old High …
1552 Etymology dictionary, p. brunt (n.).2
… brundr "sexual heat," or bruna "to advance like wildfire" (said of a ship under sail, etc.). The meaning "chief force, the heaviest or worst (of something)," as in bear the …
1553 Etymology dictionary, p. business (n.).3
… mean "sexual intercourse."
1554 Etymology dictionary, p. busy (adj.).3
… for "sexually active" in 17c. Of telephone lines, 1884. Of display work, "excessively detailed, visually cluttered," 1903.
1555 Etymology dictionary, p. cantharides (n.).2
… a sexual stimulant is attested by c. 1600. Related: Cantharic .
1556 Etymology dictionary, p. carnally (adv.).2
late 15c., "sexually, according to the flesh;" 1530s, "corporeally, not spiritually;" from carnal + -ly (2).
1557 Etymology dictionary, p. carnal (adj.).3
… knowledge "sexual intercourse" is attested from early 15c. and was in legal use by 1680s. Medieval Latin carnalis meant "natural, of the same blood," a sense sometimes …
1558 Etymology dictionary, p. casting (n.).2
… of sexual favors in exchange for a role in a picture is by 1948.
1559 Etymology dictionary, p. celibacy (n.).3
… for) sexual indulgence and debauchery among bachelors. By 1950s it was being used sometimes in a sense of "voluntary abstinence from sexuality," without reference …
1560 Etymology dictionary, p. charity (n.).3
… the sexual suggestion of Latin amor ). The Vulgate also sometimes translated agape by Latin dilectio, noun of action from diligere "to esteem highly, to love …