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1561 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 ).
1562 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 …
1563 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 …
1564 Etymology dictionary, p. cheat (v.).3
… ) "be sexually unfaithful" is attested by 1934. Related: Cheated; cheating .
1565 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.).
1566 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 …
1567 Etymology dictionary, p. cohabit (v.).2
… implying sexual intercourse. Related: Cohabited; cohabiting .
1568 Etymology dictionary, p. coition (n.).2
… coitus ). Sexual meaning "copulation" is attested in English from 1610s ( coiture in the same sense is from 1570s).
1569 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 …
1570 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.
1571 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… interruptus, "sexual intercourse in which the penis is voluntarily withdrawn from the vagina before ejaculation, for the purpose of avoiding conception …
1572 Etymology dictionary, p. come (v.).4
… . For sexual senses, see cum .
1573 Etymology dictionary, p. company (n.).3
… mean "sexual union, intercourse" (c. 1300).
1574 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 …
1575 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 …
1576 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 …
1577 Etymology dictionary, p. conjunction (n.).3
Compare Italian congiunzione, Spanish conjunción, from the same Latin noun. The English word also had the meaning "sexual union" 17c.-18c. Old English used geðeodnys as a loan-translation of Latin coniunctio .
1578 Etymology dictionary, p. consummation (n.).2
… (by sexual intercourse)" is c. 1530.
1579 Etymology dictionary, p. consummate (v.).3
Meaning "to bring a marriage to completion" (by sexual intercourse) is from 1530s. Related: Consummated; consummating .
1580 Etymology dictionary, p. continence (n.).2
… in sexual intercourse, chastity, restraint of the sexual passions within lawful bounds," from Old French continence (14c.) and directly from Latin continentia …