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1781 Etymology dictionary, p. plateau (n.).2
… to sexual stimulation from 1960.
1782 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 …
1783 Etymology dictionary, p. player (n.).2
… (the sexual senses of play (v.) go back to 13c.). Player-piano is attested from 1901.
1784 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 …
1785 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 .
1786 Etymology dictionary, p. poke (n.3).2
… of sexual intercourse" is attested from 1902.
1787 Etymology dictionary, p. position (n.).3
… , to sexual intercourse, 1883. Military sense of "place occupied or to be occupied" is by 1781.
1788 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.
1789 Etymology dictionary, p. potent (adj.).2
… "having sexual power, capable of orgasm in sexual intercourse" (of men) is recorded by 1893.
1790 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 …
1791 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.).
1792 Etymology dictionary, p. procure (v.).3
… ) for sexual gratification" of others is attested from c. 1600. Related: Procured; procuring .
1793 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).
1794 Etymology dictionary, p. promiscuous (adj.).3
… used sexually, with conubia (of sexual union between patricians and plebeians). Related: Promiscuously; promiscuousness .
1795 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 .
1796 Etymology dictionary, p. prostitution (n.).2
… indiscrimninate sexual intercourse for hire," from French prostitution and directly from Late Latin prostitutionem (nominative prostitutio ) "prostitution …
1797 Etymology dictionary, p. prostitute (v.).2
… indiscriminate sexual intercourse" (usually in exchange for money), from Latin prostitutus, past participle of prostituere, etymologically "place before …
1798 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 …
1799 Etymology dictionary, p. psychosexual (adj.).2
also psycho-sexual, "involving the mental and emotional aspects of sexuality," 1891, from psycho- + sexual. Related: Psychosexually .
1800 Etymology dictionary, p. puberty (n.).2
… reproduce, sexual maturity," or, as Johnson has it, "the time of life in which the two sexes begin first to be acquainted;" late 14c., pubertē, from Old French puberté …