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1841 Etymology dictionary, p. prostitution (n.).2
… indiscrimninate sexual intercourse for hire," from French prostitution and directly from Late Latin prostitutionem (nominative prostitutio ) "prostitution …
1842 Etymology dictionary, p. prostitute (v.).2
… indiscriminate sexual intercourse" (usually in exchange for money), from Latin prostitutus, past participle of prostituere, etymologically "place before …
1843 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 …
1844 Etymology dictionary, p. psychosexual (adj.).2
also psycho-sexual, "involving the mental and emotional aspects of sexuality," 1891, from psycho- + sexual. Related: Psychosexually .
1845 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 …
1846 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 …
1847 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 …
1848 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 …
1849 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 .
1850 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 …
1851 Etymology dictionary, p. rape (n.1).2
… or sexually violating her or both" is from early 15c. Late 13c. in Anglo-Latin ( rapum ).
1852 Etymology dictionary, p. rapist (n.).2
"one guilty of sexual assault," 1883, agent noun from rape (v.).
1853 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 …
1854 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.
1855 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 .
1856 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 …
1857 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 …
1858 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 …
1859 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.
1860 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 …