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1601 Etymology dictionary, p. deviate (v.).2
… meaning "sexual pervert" is attested from 1912.
1602 Etymology dictionary, p. dildo (n.).7
Shakespeare plays on the double sense, sexual toy and ballad refrain, in "A Winter's Tale."
1603 Etymology dictionary, p. diversity (n.).3
… , gender, sexual identity, etc. were not the qualities in mind):
1604 Etymology dictionary, p. dog (n.).4
… of "sexually aggressive man" is from 1950s.
1605 Etymology dictionary, p. dominant (adj.).3
… 1819. Sexual bondage sense "exerting control over the submissive partner" is by c. 1960. The noun is first recorded 1819, earliest in the musical sense. Related …
1606 Etymology dictionary, p. domination (n.).2
… relation. Sexual bondage sense is by 1961.
1607 Etymology dictionary, p. dominatrix (n.).3
See domination + -trix. Modern BDSM sense "woman, who takes the sadistic role in sadomasochistic sexual activities" is attested by 1970.
1608 Etymology dictionary, p. double standard (n.).3
… of sexual behavior for women more strict than those for men. Earlier it referred to monetary policy and bimetallism (currency based on both gold and silver …
1609 Etymology dictionary, p. ease (v.).2
… woman" sexually, with an 1861 date. Related: Eased; easing .
1610 Etymology dictionary, p. easy (adj.).3
… for "sexually satisfying lover." The easy listening radio format is from 1961, defined by William Safire (in 1986) as, "the music of the 60's played in the 80's with …
1611 Etymology dictionary, p. eat (v.).3
The transferred sense of "corrode, wear away, consume, waste" is from 1550s. The meaning "to preoccupy, engross" (as in what's eating you? ) is recorded by 1893. The slang sexual sense of "do cunnilingus on" is recorded by 1927.
1612 Etymology dictionary, p. embrace (v.).2
… (v.)). Sexual sense is from 1590s.
1613 Etymology dictionary, p. embroil (v.).2
… have sexual intercourse" (13c., Modern French brouiller ), perhaps from breu, bro "stock, broth, brew," from Frankish or another Germanic source (compare Old High …
1614 Etymology dictionary, p. enjoy (v.).3
… "have sexual relations with" (a woman) is from 1590s. Related: Enjoyed; enjoys; enjoying. To enjoy oneself "feel pleasure or satisfaction in one's mind" attested …
1615 Etymology dictionary, p. enter (v.).3
… "have sexual intercourse" (with a woman);" also "make an entry in a record or list," also "assume the duties" (of office, etc.). Related: Entered; entering .
1616 Etymology dictionary, p. Eros (n.).3
… and sexual pleasure" is from 1922. Ancient Greek distinguished four ways of love: erao "to be in love with, to desire passionately or sexually;" phileo "have affection …
1617 Etymology dictionary, p. erogenous (adj.).2
… or sexual desire," 1889, from Greek eros "sexual love" (see Eros ) + -genous "producing." A slightly earlier variant was erogenic (1887), from French érogénique. Both, as …
1618 Etymology dictionary, p. erotic (adj.).2
1650s, from French érotique (16c.), from Greek erotikos "caused by passionate love, referring to love," from eros (genitive erotos ) "sexual love" (see Eros ). Earlier form was erotical (1620s).
1619 Etymology dictionary, p. escort (n.).2
… for sexual services by 1974.
1620 Etymology dictionary, p. estrus (n.).2
… animals, sexual heat." Earliest use in English (1690s) was for "a gadfly." Related: Estrous (1900).