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1741 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 …
1742 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 ).
1743 Etymology dictionary, p. kink (n.).2
… "a sexual perversion, fetish, paraphilia" is by 1973 (by 1965 as "sexually abnormal person").
1744 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 .
1745 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 …
1746 Etymology dictionary, p. knowledge (n.).3
… "sexual intercourse" is from c. 1400. Middle English also had a verb form, knoulechen "acknowledge" (c. 1200), later "find out about; recognize," and "to have sexual intercourse …
1747 Etymology dictionary, p. lead (n.1).4
… male sexual) vigor," attested by 1902. White lead (1560s) was an old name for "tin."
1748 Etymology dictionary, p. lech (n.2).2
"yen, strong desire" (especially sexual and sometimes implying perversion), 1796, variant of letch, but according to OED "now regarded as a back-formation" from lecher. Meaning "a lecher" is by 1943. As a verb by 1911. Related: Leched; leching .
1749 Etymology dictionary, p. lecher (n.).2
… sexual indulgence," late 12c., from Old French lecheor (Modern French lécheur ) "one living a life of debauchery," especially "one given to sexual indulgence …
1750 Etymology dictionary, p. lesbian (adj.).5
… implied "sexual initiative and shamelessness" among women (especially fellatio), but not necessarily female homosexuality, and they did not differentiate …
1751 Etymology dictionary, p. *leubh-.4
… ; romantic sexual attraction," German Liebe "love," Gothic liufs "dear, beloved."
1752 Etymology dictionary, p. libido (n.).2
… with sexual instinct," 1892, carried over untranslated in English edition of Krafft-Ebing's "Psychopathia Sexualis"; and used in 1909 in A.A. Brill's translation …
1753 Etymology dictionary, p. lie (v.2).3
… with sexual implications, as in lie with "have sexual intercourse" (c. 1300), and compare Old English licgan mid "cohabit with." To lie in "be brought to childbed" is …
1754 Etymology dictionary, p. loin (n.).3
… of sexual faculty and a symbol of strength. Related: Loins .
1755 Etymology dictionary, p. Lolita.3
… or sexualized in favor of appearing cute and innocent.
1756 Etymology dictionary, p. love (n.).2
… ; romantic sexual attraction; affection; friendliness; the love of God; Love as an abstraction or personification," from Proto-Germanic *lubo (source also of …
1757 Etymology dictionary, p. loving (n.).2
"love, friendship," also "sexual love," late 14c., verbal noun from love (v.).
1758 Etymology dictionary, p. lustful (adj.).2
… immoderate sexual desire from 1570s. Related: Lustfully; lustfulness. Formerly also "vigorous" (1560s), a sense now given to lusty. Middle English also had lustsome …
1759 Etymology dictionary, p. lust (n.).3
… "sinful sexual desire, degrading animal passion" (now the main meaning) developed in late Old English from the word's use in Bible translations (such as lusts …
1760 Etymology dictionary, p. lust (v.).2
… , especially sexual, desire (for or after)" is first attested 1520s in biblical use. Related: Lusted; lusting .