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1741 Etymology dictionary, p. nephridium (n.).2
(plural nephridia ), "sexual or renal organ of mollusks," 1848, Modern Latin, from Greek diminutive of nephros "kidney" (see nephro- ).
1742 Etymology dictionary, p. non-access (n.).2
… for sexual intercourse," as when a husband is out of the country in military service or at sea longer than the time of gestation of a child. "[W]hen a husband could …
1743 Etymology dictionary, p. nookie (n.).2
… nooky, "sexual activity," slang, generally used by men, by 1928, perhaps from Dutch neuken "to copulate with," but it is not impossible to connect it to nook (n.) on the …
1744 Etymology dictionary, p. nubile (adj.).2
… and sexually attractive" (of women) is by 1973. Related: Nubility .
1745 Etymology dictionary, p. nymphette (n.).2
… , nymphete, "sexually attractive young girl," 1955, introduced by Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) in his novel "Lolita" to describe an alluring (in the minds of some …
1746 Etymology dictionary, p. nymphomania (n.).2
… uncontrollable sexual desire in women," 1775, in English translation of "Nymphomania, or a Dissertation Concerning the Furor Uterinus" (1771) by French doctor …
1747 Etymology dictionary, p. occupy (v.).3
… "have sexual intercourse with" (a sense attested from early 15c.), which caused it to fall from polite usage.
1748 Etymology dictionary, p. omnisexual (adj.).2
"pansexual; sexually, romantically, or emotionally attracted to people regardless of their sex or gender," by 1959, from omni- "all, every" + sexual. Earliest application is to Walt Whitman.
1749 Etymology dictionary, p. one (pron., num.).5
… in sexual sense. One of the boys "ordinary amiable fellow" is from 1893. One-track mind "mind capable of only one line of thought or action" is by 1915. Drinking expression …
1750 Etymology dictionary, p. oomph (n.).2
"sexual attractiveness," 1937 ( umph ), suggestive visceral physical sound. Ann Sheridan (1915—1967) was the original Hollywood oomph girl (1939).
1751 Etymology dictionary, p. oral (adj.).4
… infantile sexual energy" (as in oral fixation ) is attested from 1910. The sex-act sense is first recorded 1948, in Kinsey. As a noun, "oral examination," attested …
1752 Etymology dictionary, p. orgasm (v.).2
1973, originally and usually in reference to a woman's sexual climax, from orgasm (n.). Related: Orgasmed; orgasming .
1753 Etymology dictionary, p. orgasm (n.).2
1680s, "sexual climax, the acme of venereal excitement," from French orgasme or Modern Latin orgasmus, from Greek orgasmos "excitement, swelling," from organ …
1754 Etymology dictionary, p. orgasmic (adj.).2
1935, "of or pertaining to sexual orgasm," from orgasm (n.) + -ic. Orgastic "characterized by or exhibiting orgasm" is attested by 1834.
1755 Etymology dictionary, p. overlie (v.).2
… have sexual intercourse" (c. 1400). "In use from 12th to 16th c.; in 17-18th displaced by overlay; reintroduced in 19th c., chiefly in geological use" [OED] in reference …
1756 Etymology dictionary, p. oversexed (adj.).2
also over-sexed, "inordinately desirous of sex; having sexual properties or tendencies in an excessive degree," 1898; see over- + sex (n.).
1757 Etymology dictionary, p. pair (n.).3
… , a sexual pair." Used from late 14c. with a plural noun to denote a single tool or device composed essentially of two pieces or parts (shears, tongs, spectacles …
1758 Etymology dictionary, p. pander (n.).2
… of sexual liaisons, one who caters for the lusts of others," 1520s, "procurer, pimp," from Middle English Pandare (late 14c.), used by Chaucer ("Troylus and Cryseyde …
1759 Etymology dictionary, p. pansexual (adj.).2
… pan- + sexual. Originally in reference to the view that the sex instinct plays the primary part in all human activity, mental and physical; Freud's critics held …
1760 Etymology dictionary, p. Paphian (adj.).2
… to sexual love" is by 1650s in English.