Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Sexual union between a male and a female involving insertion of the penis into the vagina.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Coition; sexual intercourse; copulation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
sexual procreation between a man and a woman, requiring insertion of thepenis into thevagina and culminating in ejaculation ofsemen .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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After marriage we practised all sorts of fancy coitus, _coitus reservatus_, etc., and rarely passed twenty-four hours without two conjunctions, until she got far on in the family way, and our play had to cease for a while.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women Havelock Ellis 1899
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Innocent marital coitus is transformed into 80s amateur porn, hot dogs get upgraded into lobster tails, nights out to dinner evolve into gut-busting flesh carnivals, and low-speed family cruises on the lake turn into high-speed water-skiing trials.
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One should never engage in coitus, he writes, if they are "phlegmatic, nor if they are replete with wine or drunk; nor when they emerge from the bath, nor if they have diarrhea, nor after a bleeding, nor after hard work."
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008
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Hence the spilling of semen for any nonprocreative purpose -- in coitus interruptus (Gen. 38: 1-11), male homosexual acts, or male masturbation -- was considered tantamount to abortion or murder.
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Hence the spilling of semen for any nonprocreative purpose -- in coitus interruptus (Gen. 38: 1-11), male homosexual acts, or male masturbation -- was considered tantamount to abortion or murder.
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It is true that in coitus woman has but a slight external secretion, and that principally of mucus.
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Liverpudlians have a phrase, "getting off at Edge Hill" one stop before Lime Street, which is a euphemism for coitus interruptus.
unknown title 2011
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Michael Heizer in coitus at Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory meets John Deer meets ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik.
Archive 2006-04-01 2006
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Michael Heizer in coitus at Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory meets John Deer meets ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik.
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Her sharp breaths in coitus sure grab attention, though they prove that Van Hees’s character is real and that Kuppens has found her.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009
mekman commented on the word coitus
This is a good website, but it has as disadvantage some porno pics when checking words that have relation with sex.So, please, do not put pictures like these because it may be used by children. Thank you !
February 20, 2010
marky commented on the word coitus
Pr0n is bad 4 u kids.. Mmmmkay?
February 20, 2010
bilby commented on the word coitus
Go look at the Flickr feed for coitus and tell me what offends you, mekman.
February 20, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word coitus
I think mekman's referring to the Twitter icons.
February 21, 2010
bilby commented on the word coitus
Vexample: "Some moor-hens chugged across it quickly, disappearing under the water when they saw the children."
— Five On A Hike Together
February 21, 2010
mekman commented on the word coitus
Yes i'm referring to Twitter and Flickr, thank you !
February 21, 2010