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1801 Etymology dictionary, p. rut (v.).2
especially of animals, "desire copulation, be under the influence of sexual passion," late 14c., ruteien, from rutei, probably an Anglo-French form of the noun (see rut (n.2)). Related: Rutted; rutting .
1802 Etymology dictionary, p. sadism (n.).2
… cruel sexual practices described in his novels.
1803 Etymology dictionary, p. sado-masochism (n.).2
… for sexualities that focused on violence (not quite the same thing) was algolagnia .
1804 Etymology dictionary, p. salacious (adj.).2
… in sexual advances, from salire "to leap" (see salient (adj.)). It is attested earlier in the later-rare sense of "tending to provoke lust" (1640s). The earliest form of …
1805 Etymology dictionary, p. Sapphic (adj.).2
… to sexual relations between women" is from 1890s (also see Sapphism, and compare lesbian ).
1806 Etymology dictionary, p. Sapphism (n.).2
"sexual relations between women," 1890 (as something "found in French novels"), from the name of Sappho; see Sapphic + -ism. Sapphist for "female homosexual" is by 1906 in translations from German.
1807 Etymology dictionary, p. scopophilia (n.).2
"voyeurism, sexual urge or satisfaction chiefly from looking and seeing," 1924 (in a translation of Freud), from a word-forming element made from a Latinized …
1808 Etymology dictionary, p. seduce (v.).2
… "). The sexual sense, now the prevailing one, is attested from 1550s (it apparently was not in Latin), originally specifically "entice (a woman) to a surrender of chastity …
1809 Etymology dictionary, p. seduction (n.).3
… ; the sexual sense of "act of persuading to surrender one's chastity" is by 1769, at first always with women as the objects. Alternative noun seducement is attested …
1810 Etymology dictionary, p. service (n.1).6
… .), and "sexual intercourse, conjugal relations" (mid-15c.; service of Venus, or flesh's service ).
1811 Etymology dictionary, p. sex (n.).4
… meaning "sexual intercourse" ( have sex ) is by 1906; the meaning "genitalia" is suggested by 1933 ("Fumes of Formation") and probably is older. Sex symbol by 1871 in …
1812 Etymology dictionary, p. sexy (adj.).2
1905, "engrossed in sex," from sex (n.) + -y (2). The sense of "sexually attractive" is by 1912. An earlier word in this sense was sexful (1894). Related: Sexier; sexiest .
1813 Etymology dictionary, p. sexology (n.).2
"scientific study of sex and sexual relations," 1902, from sex (n.) + -ology. Related: Sexologist .
1814 Etymology dictionary, p. sexploitation (n.).2
… ); sexcapade "sexual escapade" (1953); sexationalism (1927); and the musical sexophone of "Brave New World" (1932).
1815 Etymology dictionary, p. sexual (adj.).1
sexual (adj.)
1816 Etymology dictionary, p. sexual (adj.).3
… ), sexual orientation by 1967, sexual harassment by 1975. Sexual revolution is attested by 1962. Sexual politics is from 1970. Related: Sexually .
1817 Etymology dictionary, p. sexuality (n.).1
sexuality (n.)
1818 Etymology dictionary, p. sexuality (n.).2
1789, "action or fact of being sexed or having distinctions between the sexes;" see sexual + -ity. Meaning "capability of sexual feelings" is from 1879. Meaning "(one's) sexual identity" is by 1980.
1819 Etymology dictionary, p. sexually (adj.).1
sexually (adj.)
1820 Etymology dictionary, p. sexually (adj.).2
1650s, "by means of sex; after the manner of the sexes;" see sexual + -ly (2).