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1681 Etymology dictionary, p. incontinence (n.).2
… restrain sexual desire, sexual immorality," later "inability to keep to a religious rule" (early 15c.), from Old French incontinence "lack of abstinence, unchastity …
1682 Etymology dictionary, p. incontinent (adj.).3
Originally chiefly of sexual appetites. General sense of "unable to retain" is from 1640s; medical sense of "unable to control bowels or bladder, unable to restrain natural discharges from the body" is attested by 1828.
1683 Etymology dictionary, p. indecent (adj.).2
… covered sexual assaults other than rape or intended rape, but by 1934 it was being used as a euphemism for "rape." Related: Indecently
1684 Etymology dictionary, p. infibulate (v.).2
… the sexual organs, to prevent copulation, 1620s, from Latin infibulatus, past participle of infibulare "to close with a clasp," from in- "on" (from PIE root *en "in") + fibula …
1685 Etymology dictionary, p. intercourse (n.).3
… . Meaning "sexual relations" (1798) probably is a shortening of euphemistic sexual intercourse (1771) with intercourse in its sense "social contact and relations …
1686 Etymology dictionary, p. intimacy (n.).2
1640s, from intimate (adj.) + abstract noun suffix -cy. The sense of "sexual intercourse" is attested from 1670s but its modern currency seems to be via euphemistic use in newspapers (by 1882).
1687 Etymology dictionary, p. intrigue (v.).3
… illicit sexual relationship" (1650s). The word appears earlier in English as entriken "entangle, ensnare; involve in perplexity, embarrass" (late 14c.), from Old …
1688 Etymology dictionary, p. intrigue (n.).2
1640s, "a clandestine plot;" 1660s, "secret plotting," probably from intrigue (v.). Also used from 1660s as "clandestine or illicit sexual encounter."
1689 Etymology dictionary, p. inversion (n.).2
… for sexual inversion ) but in later psychology "identification with the opposite sex" (1958).
1690 Etymology dictionary, p. its (pron.).3
… and sexual gender, or else the application of the word to both human and non-human subjects, evidently made users uncomfortable. Restriction of his to the …
1691 Etymology dictionary, p. item (n.).3
… ; item "sexually linked unmarried couple" is 1970, probably from notion of being an item in the gossip columns.
1692 Etymology dictionary, p. jealous (adj.).2
… of sexuality or romance (in any context from late 14c.), from Old French jalos / gelos "keen, zealous; avaricious; jealous" (12c., Modern French jaloux ), from Late Latin …
1693 Etymology dictionary, p. jealousy (n.).2
… to sexual possessiveness and suspicion, from Old French jalousie "enthusiasm, love, longing; jealousy" (12c.), from jalos "keen, zealous; avaricious; jealous" (see …
1694 Etymology dictionary, p. jellyroll (n.).2
also jelly-roll, "cylindrical cake containing jelly or jam," 1873, from jelly (n.) + roll (n.). As slang for "vagina; sexual intercourse" it dates from 1914 ("St. Louis Blues").
1695 Etymology dictionary, p. join (v.).2
… ; have sexual intercourse with" (12c.), from Latin iungere "to join together, unite, yoke," from nasalized form of PIE root *yeug- "to join."
1696 Etymology dictionary, p. jollity (n.).3
… recently: "sexual pleasure or indulgence, lust" (mid-14c.); "insolent presumptuousness, impudence" (mid-14c.); "vigor, strength" (mid-14c.); "love; a love affair" (c. 1300, hence …
1697 Etymology dictionary, p. Kama Sutra (n.).2
also Kamasutra, 1871, from Sanskrit Kama Sutra, name of the ancient treatise on love and sexual performance, from kama "love, desire" (from PIE *ka-mo-, suffixed form of root *ka- "to like, desire") + sutra "series of aphorisms" (see sutra ).
1698 Etymology dictionary, p. kink (n.).2
… "a sexual perversion, fetish, paraphilia" is by 1973 (by 1965 as "sexually abnormal person").
1699 Etymology dictionary, p. kinky (adj.).2
1844, "full of kinks, twisted, curly," from kink (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "odd, eccentric, crotchety" is from 1859; that of "sexually perverted" is from 1959. Related: Kinkiness .
1700 Etymology dictionary, p. know (v.).4
… have sexual intercourse with," also found in other modern languages, is attested from c. 1200, from the Old Testament (Genesis iv.1). Attested from 1540s in colloquial …