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orgasm(dictionary)

orgasm (iou)



orgasm noun & verb. L17.
[French orgasme or mod. Latin orgasmus from Greek orgasmos, from organ swell as with moisture, be excited.]
A. noun.
Excitement or violent action in a bodily organ or part, accompanied by turgescence. Now only spec. (also sexual orgasm), this centred in the genitals as the climax of sexual excitement; an experience of orgasm, a sexual climax. L17.
British Medical Journal Patients used a vibrator to achieve orgasm.
Violent excitement, rage, fury; a paroxysm. Now only as fig. use of sense 1. M18.
J. R. Lowell He saw man..vibrated by the orgasm of a national emotion.
b. verb intrans. Experience a sexual orgasm. L20.
or'gasmal adjective = orgasmic M20.
or'gasmic adjective of or pertaining to (sexual) orgasm; in a state of (sexual) orgasm; able or likely to experience orgasm: M20.
or'gasmically adverb L20.