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1761 Etymology dictionary, p. lustless (adj.).2
early 14c., "wanting vigor or energy," from lust (n.) + -less. From 1580s as "wanting sexual appetite."
1762 Etymology dictionary, p. luxury (n.).2
… . 1300, "sexual intercourse;" mid-14c., "lasciviousness, sinful self-indulgence;" late 14c., "sensual pleasure," from Old French luxurie "debauchery, dissoluteness …
1763 Etymology dictionary, p. lynch (v.).3
… alleged sexual assaults of white women). This shift in use seems due in part to the work of African-American journalist and activist Ida B. Wells. Lynch mob is …
1764 Etymology dictionary, p. maculation (n.).2
… ., maculacioun, "sexual defilement, sinning," from Latin maculationem (nominative maculatio ) "a spotting," noun of action from past-participle stem of maculare …
1765 Etymology dictionary, p. maiden (n.).2
… womanhood, sexually inexperienced female" (source also of Old Saxon magath, Old Frisian maged, Old High German magad "virgin, maid," German Magd "maid, maidservant …
1766 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.
1767 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.
1768 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 …
1769 Etymology dictionary, p. masochism (n.).2
… submissive sexuality in "Venus in Furs" (1869, German title "Venus im Pelz" ).
1770 Etymology dictionary, p. me (pron.).4
The #MeToo movement calling attention to and opposing sexual harassment and assault, became prominent in October 2017.
1771 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 …
1772 Etymology dictionary, p. meddle (v.).3
… "have sexual intercourse." Related: Meddled; meddling .
1773 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 …
1774 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.
1775 Etymology dictionary, p. metrosexual (adj.).2
… metropolitan + -sexual, ending abstracted from homosexual, heterosexual. Wikipedia defines it as "a portmanteau of metropolitan and heterosexual, coined …
1776 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 …
1777 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 …
1778 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 …
1779 Etymology dictionary, p. molest (v.).2
… ." Meaning "sexually assault" is attested by 1950. Related: Molested; molesting .
1780 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.