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1861 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 …
1862 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 .
1863 Etymology dictionary, p. sadism (n.).2
… cruel sexual practices described in his novels.
1864 Etymology dictionary, p. sado-masochism (n.).2
… for sexualities that focused on violence (not quite the same thing) was algolagnia .
1865 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 …
1866 Etymology dictionary, p. Sapphic (adj.).2
… to sexual relations between women" is from 1890s (also see Sapphism, and compare lesbian ).
1867 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.
1868 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 …
1869 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 …
1870 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 …
1871 Etymology dictionary, p. service (n.1).6
… .), and "sexual intercourse, conjugal relations" (mid-15c.; service of Venus, or flesh's service ).
1872 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 …
1873 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 .
1874 Etymology dictionary, p. sexology (n.).2
"scientific study of sex and sexual relations," 1902, from sex (n.) + -ology. Related: Sexologist .
1875 Etymology dictionary, p. sexploitation (n.).2
… ); sexcapade "sexual escapade" (1953); sexationalism (1927); and the musical sexophone of "Brave New World" (1932).
1876 Etymology dictionary, p. sexual (adj.).1
sexual (adj.)
1877 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 .
1878 Etymology dictionary, p. sexuality (n.).1
sexuality (n.)
1879 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.
1880 Etymology dictionary, p. sexually (adj.).1
sexually (adj.)