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1801 Etymology dictionary, p. pudeur (n.).2
… in sexual matters, 1937, a French word in English, from French pudeur "modesty," from Latin pudor "shame, modesty," from pudere "make ashamed" (see pudendum ). The same …
1802 Etymology dictionary, p. pure (adj.).2
… ," also "sexually pure, virgin, chaste" (late 12c. as a surname, and Old English had purlamb "lamb without a blemish"), from Old French pur "pure, simple, absolute, unalloyed …
1803 Etymology dictionary, p. rage (n.).4
… or sexual desire." In 15c.-16c. it also could mean "rabies." Other Middle English senses, now obsolete, include "come to a boil; grieve, mourn, lament; flirt, make love …
1804 Etymology dictionary, p. rapable (adj.).2
also rapeable, "Of a person: regarded as a suitable object for sexual pursuit or assault" [OED], 1972, from rape (v.) + -able .
1805 Etymology dictionary, p. rape (v.).5
… for "sexually violate," but only rarely; the usual Latin word being stuprare "to defile, ravish, violate," which is related to stuprum (n.) "illicit sexual intercourse …
1806 Etymology dictionary, p. rape (n.1).2
… or sexually violating her or both" is from early 15c. Late 13c. in Anglo-Latin ( rapum ).
1807 Etymology dictionary, p. rapist (n.).2
"one guilty of sexual assault," 1883, agent noun from rape (v.).
1808 Etymology dictionary, p. ream (v.).4
… ; the sexual sense is attested by 1942. To ream (someone) out in the sense of "to scold, reprimand" is recorded from 1950; earlier it was used of gun barrels, machinery …
1809 Etymology dictionary, p. relationship (n.).2
1640s, "sense or state of being related" by kindred, affinity, or other alliance, from relation + -ship. Specifically of romantic or sexual intimacy by 1944.
1810 Etymology dictionary, p. rim (v.).2
1794, "to fit with a rim, surround with a rim or border," from rim (n.). Sexual senses from 1920s, some perhaps influenced by ream (v.). Related: Rimmed; rimming .
1811 Etymology dictionary, p. riot (n.).2
… for "sexual intercourse," of uncertain origin. Compare Italian riotta (Medieval Latin riota ) "quarrel, dispute, uproar, riot." Perhaps from Latin rugire "to roar …
1812 Etymology dictionary, p. roach (n.1).3
… the sexual connotation in the first syllable of the full word, especially among Americans, but this seems to be another English fiction and early uses typically …
1813 Etymology dictionary, p. rock (v.2).2
… with sexual overtones, as in the 1922 song title "My Man Rocks Me (with One Steady Roll)". The sense developed in early 1950s to "play or dance to rock and roll music …
1814 Etymology dictionary, p. rock and roll (n.).2
… for "sexual intercourse," used in popular dance music lyrics and song titles at least since the 1930s.
1815 Etymology dictionary, p. roll (n.2).2
… of sexual intercourse" is attested from 1942 (compare roll in the hay ). By 1862 as "an act of rotation." The sense of "a throw" (at dice) is attested by 1926. The colloquial …
1816 Etymology dictionary, p. rut (n.2).2
… recurring sexual excitement in animals; animal mating season" (originally of deer), early 15c., from Old French rut, ruit, from Late Latin rugitum (nominative …
1817 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 .
1818 Etymology dictionary, p. sadism (n.).2
… cruel sexual practices described in his novels.
1819 Etymology dictionary, p. sado-masochism (n.).2
… for sexualities that focused on violence (not quite the same thing) was algolagnia .
1820 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 …