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1641 Etymology dictionary, p. glam (adj.).2
… or sexual ambiguity" - OED), attested by 1974. Glamazon "glamourous, dominant woman" attested by 1985 (based on amazon ).
1642 Etymology dictionary, p. glory hole (n.).2
… 1690s. Sexual (originally homosexual) sense from 1940s.
1643 Etymology dictionary, p. goose (v.).2
… , the sexual favor," and goose as a verb "to go wenching, to womanize, also to possess a woman." He also has goose-grease for a woman's sexual juices, while gooser and …
1644 Etymology dictionary, p. grind (n.).2
… meaning "sexual intercourse" is by 1893.
1645 Etymology dictionary, p. groom (v.).2
… accept sexual abuse" by 1989. Related: Groomed; grooming .
1646 Etymology dictionary, p. gunsel (n.).2
… sexual companion, especially by an older tramp," from Yiddish genzel, from German Gänslein "gosling, young goose" (see goose (n.)). The secondary, non-sexual meaning …
1647 Etymology dictionary, p. harlotry (n.).2
late 14c., "loose, crude, or obscene behavior; sexual immorality; ribald talk or jesting," from harlot + -ry .
1648 Etymology dictionary, p. haunt (v.).3
… "have sexual intercourse with." Use in reference to a spirit or ghost returning to the house where it had lived perhaps was in Proto-Germanic, but if so it was …
1649 Etymology dictionary, p. heat (n.).4
Meaning "sexual excitement in animals" is from 1768, especially of females, corresponding to rut in males. Meaning "trouble with the police" attested by 1920 …
1650 Etymology dictionary, p. hermaphrodism (n.).2
"physical condition of having both male and female sexual organs," 1799, from French hermaphrodisme (1750s); see hermaphrodite + -ism. Hermaphroditism is from 1807; hermaphrodeity is from 1610s.
1651 Etymology dictionary, p. heterosexual (adj.).2
… , different" + sexual. The noun is recorded by 1914 but was not in common use until the 1960s. Colloquial shortening hetero is attested from 1933.
1652 Etymology dictionary, p. homogamy (n.).2
1805, "condition of bearing flowers that do not differ sexually," from homo- (1) "same" + -gamy .
1653 Etymology dictionary, p. homophile (n.).2
1960, from homo- (2) "homosexual" + -phile. An attempt to coin a word for a homosexual person as part of a social group, rather than a sexual deviant.
1654 Etymology dictionary, p. homosexual (adj.).2
1892, in C.G. Chaddock's translation of Krafft-Ebing's "Psychopathia Sexualis," from German homosexual, homosexuale (by 1880, in Gustav Jäger), from Greek homos "same" (see homo- (1)) + Latin-based sexual .
1655 Etymology dictionary, p. homosexual (adj.).3
… to sexual intercourse with another man. Related: Homosexually .
1656 Etymology dictionary, p. horndog (n.).2
by 1995, from horn (n.) in the sexual sense (see horny ) + dog (n.).
1657 Etymology dictionary, p. horny (adj.).2
… "lustful, sexually aroused," was in use certainly by 1889, perhaps as early as 1863; it probably derives from the late 18c. slang expression to have the horn, suggestive …
1658 Etymology dictionary, p. horniness (n.).2
1885, "degree to which something is or resembles horn;" by 1957 in the "state of advanced sexual excitement" sense; from horny + -ness .
1659 Etymology dictionary, p. hot (adj.).4
… of sexual desire, lustful" is from c. 1500; the sense of "inciting desire" is 18c. Taste sense of "pungent, acrid, biting" is from 1540s. Sense of "exciting, remarkable …
1660 Etymology dictionary, p. hot pants (n.).2
"short-shorts," 1970, from hot (adj.) + pants (n.). Probably influenced by earlier sense of "sexual arousal" (1927).