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1881 Etymology dictionary, p. wick (n.1).2
… in sexual intercourse" (in reference to males) is recorded from 1958, perhaps from Hampton Wick, rhyming slang for "prick," which would connect it rather to wick …
1882 Etymology dictionary, p. wild (adj.).3
Meaning "sexually dissolute, loose" is attested from mid-13c. Meaning "distracted with excitement or emotion, crazy" is from 1590s. U.S. slang sense of "exciting …
1883 Etymology dictionary, p. wolf (n.).3
… "prostitute, sexually voracious female" persisted into 12c., but by Elizabethan times wolves had become primarily symbolic of male lust. The specific use …
1884 Etymology dictionary, p. work (v.).3
… "perform sexually" (mid-13c.). Related: Worked (15c.); wrought; working .
1885 Etymology dictionary, p. yoni (n.).2
1799, from Sanskrit, "female sexual principle as an object of veneration," literally "vulva, womb."
1886 Etymology dictionary, p. zoophilia (n.).2
… of sexual energy," 1899, in a translation of Krafft-Ebing, from zoo- "animal" + -philia. "[F]ormerly not implying sexual intercourse or bestiality" [OED]. The meaning "sympathy …
1887 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abomination.7
… are sexual transgressions ( Deuteronomy 22:5; 23:18; 24:4 ), especially incest and other unnatural offenses: "For all these abominations have the men of the land …
1888 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adam in the Old Testament.11
… to sexual passion or the propagation of species but as furnishing man occasion, so to say, for loving and being loved, and making this capacity essential to …
1889 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adultery.2
Adultery - a-dul'-ter-i: In Scripture designates sexual intercourse of a man, whether married or unmarried, with a married woman.
1890 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Anthropology.43
… by "sexual selection," under the influence of which the best-organized males are preferred by the females, and thus as it were selected for propagation of the …
1891 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocalyptic Literature, 3.20
… of sexual relation (XII P 8).
1892 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocalyptic Literature, 3.23
… on sexual matters which is found in monkish writers. There are not a few resemblances to the language of the Gospels (compare XII P 1:6 and Matthew 25:36 ). There …
1893 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, General.11
3. Sexual Asceticism
1894 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, General.51
… from sexual relations as the chief moral requirement. This sexual asceticism is the dominant motif in all the Acts. The "contendings" of the apostles, their …
1895 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, General.53
… of sexual asceticism and the presence of dogmatic misconception, it is impossible not to feel in many sections of the Apocryphal Acts the rapture of a great …
1896 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, General.71
… for sexual purity, and in view of the coarseness and laxity which prevailed in sexual relations it is not surprising that the Christian protest was exaggerated …
1897 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, the Separate Acts.10
… strict sexual abstinence. Only they who are pure (i.e. who live in chastity) shall see God. "Ye have no part in the resurrection unless ye remain chaste and defile …
1898 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, the Separate Acts.24
… corrupt sexualism than in these Acts. The writing and circulation of the story of Drusiana cast a lurid light on the gross sensual elements which survived …
1899 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, the Separate Acts.34
… of sexual abstinence. The king incensed at this sought Thomas, but the apostle had departed. (2) Arrived in India Thomas undertook to build a palace for king …
1900 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, the Separate Acts.35
… from sexual intercourse as the indispensable condition of salvation. In the addresses of Thomas, however, positive Christian virtues are emphasized; and …