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1561 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. שָׂנֵא.2

… . of sexual revulsion † 2 S 13:15 (×2) (+ acc. cogn.), Dt 22:13, 16; 24:3; so, obj. man (of Jerus. under fig. of harlot) † Ez 16:37; pass. שְׂנֻאֵי נֶפֶשׁ דָּוִד 2 S 5:8 (but v. obscure); reflex. (acc …

1562 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 .

1563 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 …

1564 Etymology dictionary, p. abstinence (n.).2

… of sexual appetites but also in Middle English of food, fighting, luxury.

1565 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 …

1566 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 …

1567 Etymology dictionary, p. act (n.).4

… as "sexual intercourse." Act of God "uncontrollable natural force" is recorded by 1726.

1568 Etymology dictionary, p. ado (n.).3

… ," and "sexual intercourse" (both c. 1400).

1569 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 …

1570 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 .

1571 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 .

1572 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 …

1573 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 …

1574 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 …

1575 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 .

1576 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 …

1577 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 …

1578 Etymology dictionary, p. arousal (n.).2

1827, "action of arousing, state of being awakened," from arouse + -al (2). Sexual association is from c. 1900.

1579 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.

1580 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).