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1541 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 …
1542 Etymology dictionary, p. casting (n.).2
… of sexual favors in exchange for a role in a picture is by 1948.
1543 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 …
1544 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 …
1545 Etymology dictionary, p. chaste (adj.).2
c. 1200, "virtuous, pure from unlawful sexual intercourse" (as defined by the Church), from Old French chaste "morally pure" (12c.), from Latin castus "clean, pure, morally pure" (see caste ).
1546 Etymology dictionary, p. chaste (adj.).3
… of "sexually pure" is by 15c., perhaps by influence of chastity, though chaste as a noun meaning "virgin person" is recorded from early 14c. Of language, etc., "free …
1547 Etymology dictionary, p. chastity (n.).2
… , chastete, "sexual purity" (as defined by the Church), including but not limited to virginity or celibacy, from Old French chastete "chastity, purity" (12c., Modern …
1548 Etymology dictionary, p. cheat (v.).3
… ) "be sexually unfaithful" is attested by 1934. Related: Cheated; cheating .
1549 Etymology dictionary, p. climax (n.).4
The meaning "sexual orgasm" is recorded by 1880 (also in terms such as climax of orgasm ), and is said to have been promoted from c. 1900 by birth-control pioneer Marie Stopes (1880-1958) and others as a more accessible word than orgasm (n.).
1550 Etymology dictionary, p. cohabitation (n.).2
… "cohabitation; sexual intercourse," or directly from Late Latin cohabitationem (nominative cohabitatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of cohabitare …
1551 Etymology dictionary, p. cohabit (v.).2
… implying sexual intercourse. Related: Cohabited; cohabiting .
1552 Etymology dictionary, p. coition (n.).2
… coitus ). Sexual meaning "copulation" is attested in English from 1610s ( coiture in the same sense is from 1570s).
1553 Etymology dictionary, p. coitus (n.).2
"copulation, sexual intercourse," 1848, scientific use of Latin coitus "a meeting together; sexual union," past participle of coire "to come together, meet," from …
1554 Etymology dictionary, p. coitus (n.).3
In Middle English nativized as coite (early 15c.). Coitus was used in English in general senses of "meeting, uniting," and also in reference to magnetic force, planetary conjunction, etc., before the sexual sense came to predominate.
1555 Etymology dictionary, p. coitus (n.).4
… interruptus, "sexual intercourse in which the penis is voluntarily withdrawn from the vagina before ejaculation, for the purpose of avoiding conception …
1556 Etymology dictionary, p. come (v.).4
… . For sexual senses, see cum .
1557 Etymology dictionary, p. company (n.).3
… mean "sexual union, intercourse" (c. 1300).
1558 Etymology dictionary, p. coney (n.).4
… win sexual favors"). The word was in the King James Bible (Proverbs xxx.26, etc.), however, so it couldn't be entirely dropped, and the solution was to change the pronunciation …
1559 Etymology dictionary, p. congress (n.).3
… meaning "sexual union" is from 1580s. The specific sense of "a meeting of delegates, formal meeting of persons having a representational character" is recorded …
1560 Etymology dictionary, p. conjunction (n.).2
… , joining, sexual intercourse" (12c.), from Latin coniunctionem (nominative coniunctio ), noun of action from past-participle stem of coniugare "to join together …