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1581 Etymology dictionary, p. continent (adj.).2
… in sexual intercourse," from Old French continent and directly from Latin continentem (nominative continens ) "holding together, continuous," present participle …
1582 Etymology dictionary, p. conversation (n.).3
… for "sexual intercourse" from at least late 14c., hence criminal conversation, a legal term for adultery from late 18c. Conversation-piece is from 1712 as "painting …
1583 Etymology dictionary, p. conversion (n.).2
… , residence; sexual intercourse," from Latin conversionem (nominative conversio ) "a turning round, revolving; alteration, change," noun of action from past-participle …
1584 Etymology dictionary, p. coochie (n.).2
"vagina," slang, by 1991, perhaps from hoochie-coochie, especially in the blues song "Hoochie Coochie Man" by Willie Dixon (1954), featuring a sexually suggestive phrase that traces at least to the 1893 World's Fair (see hoochy koochy ).
1585 Etymology dictionary, p. coprophilia (n.).2
… , usually sexual, to defecation and feces," 1914, from copro- + -philia. Related: Coprophilic (1910, in Brill's translation of Freud). French coprophile is attested …
1586 Etymology dictionary, p. copulate (v.).2
… "unite sexually" is attested from 1630s. Related: Copulated; copulating .
1587 Etymology dictionary, p. copulation (n.).2
… of "sexual intercourse, coition" is from late 15c., and this became the main sense from 16c.
1588 Etymology dictionary, p. couple (v.).2
… "embrace sexually, copulate" is from c. 1400. Related: Coupled; coupling .
1589 Etymology dictionary, p. cuckold (n.).3
… perhaps "sexually aggressive hen," with transferal to humans, but Kluge suggests rather a connection to words for "capon" and "castrated." The female equivalent …
1590 Etymology dictionary, p. cum.2
… the sexual sense that originated in pornographic writing, perhaps first in the noun. This "experience sexual orgasm" slang meaning of come (perhaps originally …
1591 Etymology dictionary, p. cum.5
The sexual cum seems to have no connection with Latin cum, the preposition meaning "with, together with, in connection with" (an archaic form of com; see com- ) which …
1592 Etymology dictionary, p. cunnilingus (n.).3
… of Sexual Language and Imagery in Shakespearean and Stuart Literature," 1994] writes that Nicolas Chorier's 17c. "Satyra Sotadica" "relates how Gonsalvo of …
1593 Etymology dictionary, p. deal (v.).4
To deal with "handle, act toward (in some way)" is attested from mid-15c., from the notion of "engage in mutual intercourse, have to do with;" in late 14c. the phrase also mean "have sexual intercourse with." Related: Dealt; dealing .
1594 Etymology dictionary, p. debauch (v.).4
… , seduce sexually," usually in reference to women. Intransitive sense "indulge in excess in sensual enjoyment" is from 1640s. As a noun, "a bout of excessive sensual …
1595 Etymology dictionary, p. debt (n.).3
Meaning "state of being under obligation to make payment" is from mid-14c. Restored spelling after c. 1400. In Middle English, debt of the body (mid-14c.) was "that which spouses owe to each other, sexual intercourse."
1596 Etymology dictionary, p. delight (n.).2
… , delight, sexual desire," from delitier "please greatly, charm," from Latin delectare "to allure, delight, charm, please," frequentative of delicere "entice" (see delicious …
1597 Etymology dictionary, p. deport (v.1).2
… one's (sexual) pleasure with; amuse, entertain; remain, delay, tarry; cheer, console, treat kindly; put aside, cast off, send away," from de "from, off" (see de- ) + porter "to carry …
1598 Etymology dictionary, p. desex (v.).2
1911, "castrate;" 1962, "remove distinct sexual qualities, minimize sex appeal;" see de- + sex. Related: Desexed; desexing .
1599 Etymology dictionary, p. desexualize (v.).2
also desexualise, "deprive of sexual character or quality," 1873 (implied in de-sexualized ); see de- + sexualize. Related: Desexualized; desexualizing; desexualization .
1600 Etymology dictionary, p. deviant (adj.).2
… the sexual sense "person whose sexuality deviates from what is held to be normal," from 1952. Also compare deviate (n.), recorded in that sense since 1912.