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1781 Etymology dictionary, p. play (n.).3
… , revelry, sexual indulgence." The sporting sense of "the playing of a game" is attested from mid-15c.; that of "specific maneuver or attempt" is from 1868.
1782 Etymology dictionary, p. play (v.).7
… "have sexual intercourse with" is from mid-13c.). Playing-card "one of a pack of cards used for playing games" is from 1540s.
1783 Etymology dictionary, p. plateau (n.).2
… to sexual stimulation from 1960.
1784 Etymology dictionary, p. Platonic (adj.).3
… with sexual desire," translating Latin Amor platonicus ) which the word usually carries nowadays, is a Renaissance notion; it is based on Plato's writings …
1785 Etymology dictionary, p. player (n.).2
… (the sexual senses of play (v.) go back to 13c.). Player-piano is attested from 1901.
1786 Etymology dictionary, p. playmate (n.).2
… .). The sexual sense is from 1954 and the launch of "Playboy" magazine. The earlier word was Middle English playfere (also playfeer, playpheer ) with obsolete fere …
1787 Etymology dictionary, p. pleasure (v.).2
1530s, "to take pleasure in;" 1550s as "give pleasure to," from pleasure (n.). Sexual sense by 1610s. Related: Pleasured; pleasuring .
1788 Etymology dictionary, p. poke (n.3).2
… of sexual intercourse" is attested from 1902.
1789 Etymology dictionary, p. position (n.).3
… , to sexual intercourse, 1883. Military sense of "place occupied or to be occupied" is by 1781.
1790 Etymology dictionary, p. post office (n.).2
… "a sexual game" it refers to an actual parlor game first attested early 1850s in which pretend "letters" were paid for by kisses.
1791 Etymology dictionary, p. potent (adj.).2
… "having sexual power, capable of orgasm in sexual intercourse" (of men) is recorded by 1893.
1792 Etymology dictionary, p. prick (n.).7
… "have sexual intercourse with" (a woman) in Chaucer (late 14c.). My prick was used 16c.-17c. as a term of endearment by "immodest maids" for their boyfriends. As a term …
1793 Etymology dictionary, p. private (adj.).5
Private school "school owned and run by individuals, not by the government, and run for profit" is by 1650s. Private parts "the pudenda" is from 1785 ( privete "the sexual parts" is from late 14c.; secret parts in the same sense is from 16c.).
1794 Etymology dictionary, p. procure (v.).3
… ) for sexual gratification" of others is attested from c. 1600. Related: Procured; procuring .
1795 Etymology dictionary, p. promiscuity (n.).2
… "promiscuous sexual union" (originally as among races of people). An earlier word was promiscuousness (by 1773 general; 1808 sexual).
1796 Etymology dictionary, p. promiscuous (adj.).3
… used sexually, with conubia (of sexual union between patricians and plebeians). Related: Promiscuously; promiscuousness .
1797 Etymology dictionary, p. proposition (v.).2
"make or present a proposition," 1914, from proposition (n.). The older verb is propose. Specifically of sexual favors by 1936. Related: Propositioned; propositioning .
1798 Etymology dictionary, p. prostitution (n.).2
… indiscrimninate sexual intercourse for hire," from French prostitution and directly from Late Latin prostitutionem (nominative prostitutio ) "prostitution …
1799 Etymology dictionary, p. prostitute (v.).2
… indiscriminate sexual intercourse" (usually in exchange for money), from Latin prostitutus, past participle of prostituere, etymologically "place before …
1800 Etymology dictionary, p. provocative (adj.).2
… stimulate sexual desire" from 1620s. Related: Provocatively; provocativeness. The earliest appearance of the word in English is as a noun meaning "an aphrodisiac …