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1721 Etymology dictionary, p. maiden (n.).3
Also in Middle English "a man lacking or abstaining from sexual experience" (c. 1200). As the name of a guillotine-like instrument of execution by beheading, from 1580s.
1722 Etymology dictionary, p. make out (v.).2
c. 1600, "get along, succeed," from make (v.) + out (adv.). Sense of "obtain a clear understanding of" is from 1640s; that of "discern or discover visually" is by 1754; sense of "have sexual relations with" is attested by 1939.
1723 Etymology dictionary, p. mama.2
… . Meaning "sexually attractive woman" is attested by 1925 in African-American vernacular. Mamasan "woman in a position of authority," especially "woman in charge …
1724 Etymology dictionary, p. masochism (n.).2
… submissive sexuality in "Venus in Furs" (1869, German title "Venus im Pelz" ).
1725 Etymology dictionary, p. me (pron.).4
The #MeToo movement calling attention to and opposing sexual harassment and assault, became prominent in October 2017.
1726 Etymology dictionary, p. meat (n.).5
… various sexual senses of "penis, vagina, body regarded as a sex object, prostitute" are attested from 1590s; Old English for "meat-market" was flæsccyping ('flesh …
1727 Etymology dictionary, p. meddle (v.).3
… "have sexual intercourse." Related: Meddled; meddling .
1728 Etymology dictionary, p. merry (adj.).5
… of sexual intercourse" was low slang from 1780. Merry-begot "illegitimate" (adj.), also "bastard" (n.) are in Grose (1785). Merrie England (now frequently satirical or …
1729 Etymology dictionary, p. Messalina.2
"scheming, licentious, sexually voracious woman," by 1795, in reference to Valeria Messalina (died 48 C.E.), notorious third wife of the Roman emperor Claudius, long a figure of vanity and immorality.
1730 Etymology dictionary, p. metrosexual (adj.).2
… metropolitan + -sexual, ending abstracted from homosexual, heterosexual. Wikipedia defines it as "a portmanteau of metropolitan and heterosexual, coined …
1731 Etymology dictionary, p. minnesinger (n.).2
… ," especially "sexual love" (from Old High German minna "loving memory," originally "memory," from Proto-Germanic *minthjo, from PIE *menti-, suffixed form of root *men …
1732 Etymology dictionary, p. miscegenation (n.).2
… to sexual union between black and white individuals, 1863, coined irregularly by U.S. journalist David Goodman Croly from Latin miscere "to mix" (from PIE root …
1733 Etymology dictionary, p. missionary (n.).3
… for "sexual intercourse arrangement in which the couple lies face to face with the woman underneath the man" is attested by 1963, said to have been coined by …
1734 Etymology dictionary, p. molest (v.).2
… ." Meaning "sexually assault" is attested by 1950. Related: Molested; molesting .
1735 Etymology dictionary, p. morals (n.).2
1610s, "a person's moral qualities," plural of moral (n.). Meaning "conduct, behavior, course of life in regard to right and wrong," often specifically with regard to sexual conduct, is by 1690s.
1736 Etymology dictionary, p. music (n.).6
… "have sexual intercourse" is from 1967.
1737 Etymology dictionary, p. naughty (adj.).3
… meaning "sexually promiscuous" is from 1869. The mitigated sense of "disobedient, bad in conduct or speech, improper, mischievous" (especially of the delinquencies …
1738 Etymology dictionary, p. navel (n.).3
… feminine sexual center since ancient times, and still in parts of the Middle East, India, and Japan. In medieval Europe, it was averred that "[t]he seat of wantonness …
1739 Etymology dictionary, p. neck (v.).2
… fondle sexually," from hals (n.) "neck." Earlier, neck as a verb meant "to kill by a strike on the neck" (mid-15c.). Related: Necked .
1740 Etymology dictionary, p. need (n.).5
… meaning "sexual intercourse"); niedling "slave."