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1841 Etymology dictionary, p. sexualize (v.).1
sexualize (v.)
1842 Etymology dictionary, p. sexualize (v.).2
also sexualise, 1839, "confer a sexual distinction upon" (a thing, idea, etc.), from sexual + -ize. Related: Sexualized; sexualizing .
1843 Etymology dictionary, p. sexualist (n.).2
1790, "one who maintains the doctrine of sexes in plants;" see sexual in the original sense + -ist .
1844 Etymology dictionary, p. sheela-na-gig (n.).2
… discourage sexuality, or that it is meant as an apotropaic gesture to ward off the devil, are not entirely convincing.
1845 Etymology dictionary, p. sheet (n.1).4
… with sexual overtones) is attested from 1590s (played upon in "Much Ado"); to be white as a sheet is from 1751. The first element in sheet-anchor (late 15c.), one used …
1846 Etymology dictionary, p. shtup (v.).2
by 1952, "annoy;" by 1967, "have sexual intercourse with;" a Yiddish word, literally "push, shove," related to dialectal German stupfen "to nudge, jog," probably related to stop (v.).
1847 Etymology dictionary, p. sixth (adj., n.).5
Earlier it meant "titillation, the sense that apprehends sexual pleasure" (1690s, from Scaliger).
1848 Etymology dictionary, p. sixty-nine (adj., n.).2
… the sexual sense, 1888, as a translation of French faire soixante neuf, literally "to do 69." So called from the resemblance of the persons fitted together to …
1849 Etymology dictionary, p. slattern (n.).2
… , non-sexual sense; compare slut ). Also compare dialectal English verb slatter "to spill or splash awkwardly, to waste," used of women or girls considered untidy …
1850 Etymology dictionary, p. slut (n.).6
… " but sexual activity does not seem to figure into his examples. Playful use of the word, "young woman, wench," without implication of messiness or loose morals …
1851 Etymology dictionary, p. snatch (n.).3
The vulgar slang sense of "vulva" is recorded by 1903, perhaps 1864; a much older venereal sense was "sexual intercourse quickly performed" (1580s).
1852 Etymology dictionary, p. sodomize (v.).2
… specific sexual sense (translating Greek paiderastein ). Related: Sodomized; sodomizing. In Dutch slang, besodemieteren means "to deceive," and perhaps is built …
1853 Etymology dictionary, p. sodomy (n.).2
… , "unnatural sexual relations," such as those customs imputed to the inhabitants of Biblical Sodom, especially between men but also with beasts, from Old French …
1854 Etymology dictionary, p. solace (v.).2
… a sexual connotation) and directly from Medieval Latin solatiare "give solace, console" (source also of Spanish solazar, Italian sollazzare ), from Latin solacium …
1855 Etymology dictionary, p. solace (n.).3
… oneself sexually," also "give (a horse) a rest." The adjectival form solacious "pleasantly agreeable, affording comfort" was "common c 1500-1650" [OED].
1856 Etymology dictionary, p. some (adj., pron.).6
Get some "have sexual intercourse" is attested 1899 in an anecdote of Abe Lincoln from c. 1840.
1857 Etymology dictionary, p. spermatozoon (n.).2
(plural spermatozoa ), "sperm-cell, male sexual cell, microscopic body contained in semen," 1832, a modern Latin coinage from spermato- + Greek zoion "animal" (from PIE root *gwei- "to live"). Related: Spermatozoal; spermatozoan; spermatozoic .
1858 Etymology dictionary, p. sport (n.).3
… mean "sexual intercourse, love-making."
1859 Etymology dictionary, p. stacked (adj.).2
1796, of hay, past-participle adjective from stack (v.). Of women, "well-built physically; curved in a way considered sexually desirable," 1942.
1860 Etymology dictionary, p. statutory (adj.).2
… U.S., "sexual intercourse with a female below the legal age of consent, whether forced or not." Related: Statutorily .