orgasmn.

Brit.

/ˈɔːɡaz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈɔrˌɡæzəm/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin orgasmus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin orgasmus excitement or violent action in a bodily organ or part (1652 in the passage translated in quot. 1684 at sense 1; compare also quot. 1646 at sense 3) < Greek ὀργασμός , in scholia (medieval Greek or earlier) on Hippocrates On Humours 3 < ancient Greek ὀργᾶν to swell with sexual desire, be excited or eager ( < ὀργή natural impulse, temperament, disposition < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit ūrj , ūrjā nourishment, vigour) + -σμός , extended form of -μος , suffix forming nouns. Compare French orgasme (1611 in Cotgrave in sense 3, 1623 in sense 1, 1777 in the specific sense).

†1. A sudden movement, spasm, contraction, or convulsion. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > spasmodic movement or twitching

twitching1478

twitch1575

sprunting1647

orgasm1671

quetching1676

catching1700

snatching1822

quirk1826

1671 G. Thomson Μισοχυμὶας Ἔλεγχου 31 A sincere Assistant of Nature is, to observe its Motion, likewise the Orgasm or Inclination of the degenerate Matter.

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xix. 809 When there appears an Orgasm [L. orgasmo] of the humours, we rather fly to bleeding as more safe.

1704 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 24 1564 From these Orgasms in the Animal Spirits, we may, I fancy, give some account of the want of Pulse too.

1771 T. Percival Ess. Med. & Exper. (1777) I. 200 A kind of nervous orgasm, or spasm on the vitals.

1801 E. Darwin Zoonomia III. 139 A torpor of the action of the mucous glands is first introduced..and an orgasm or increased action succeeds in consequence.

1824 Lancet 1 Feb. 166/1 This highly stimulating volatile medicine..injected in a suitable quantity into the cavity of the matrix, or along the vagina, is calculated to produce a sensation of orgasm, similar to that which is known to be most favourable to the cure of suppressed menses.

2. Originally: a surge of sexual excitement; the rut; oestrus. In later use: sexual climax; the highest point of sexual excitement, characterized by intense sensation and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation of sperm and in the female by involuntary vaginal contractions; an instance of this (cf. climax n. 4). Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > orgasm

happy ending1748

orgasm1754

spending1856

climax1873

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > mating > rut

rutc1381

rutsonc1425

pride1483

shaleur1509

rutting1575

orgasm1754

heat1768

oestrum1773

oestruation1857

oestrus1890

1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2285/2 Orgasm, an extacy, or impetuous desire of coition, occasioned by a turgescency of the seminal vessels. Certain female animals have an orgasm at particular seasons of the year.

1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 236 Many viviparous animals are subject to periodical venereal orgasm.

1854 C. J. Hempel tr. A. Teste Homœopathic Materia Medica 343 The sexual appetite is easily excited, with orgasm (although transitory).

1872 R. Ludlam Lect. Dis. Women 265 A sexual orgasm induced by emotional influences, especially if it is ungratified, may be followed by a severe attack of this peculiar form of headache.

1882 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 173 361 Closely crowded together, the little party [of fish]..suddenly would indulge in an orgasm; and lashing and plashing the water in all directions with their convulsive movements, would scatter at the same instant the eggs and sperm.

1899 Arch. Surg. 10 129 The state of vascular turgescence which attends the sexual orgasm.

1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover iii. 32 She still wanted the physical, sexual thrill she could get with him by her own activity, his little orgasm being over.

1954 D. P. Geddes Anal. Kinsey Rep. 23 Orgasm in sexual intercourse..can be likened to the crescendo, climax, and sudden stillness achieved by an orchestra of human emotions. Kinsey has likened it to an explosion of tensions, and to sneezing.

1992 Playboy Oct. 43/1 In both men and women, orgasm consists of a series of three to ten muscle contractions that occur less than one second apart.

1996 Voice 25 June 28/3 ‘Urban Beat Reggae’..promised some serious audial orgasms.

2002 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 14 July 26/3 Why do men need the reinforcement of orgasm while women can reproduce perfectly well lying back and thinking of England?

3. Violent excitement; rage, fury; an outburst of excitement or rage. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [noun] > fit of violent emotion

furyc1374

ecstasyc1384

ethroclytes1485

extremity1509

vehemency1612

rapturea1616

rapture1620

fit1654

transport1658

vehemence1741

orgasma1763

rave1765

rampage1860

brainstorm1861

tear1880

maenadism1883

the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > [noun] > instance or fit of furious anger

wratha1200

ragec1325

furyc1374

paroxysm1578

rapturea1616

orgasma1763

ramp1798

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 145 It may be onely some fast retention or sudden compression in the Orgasmus or fury of their lust. ]

a1763 W. Shenstone Oeconomy i, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 290 Vain, ah vain the hope Of future peace, this orgasm uncontroul'd!

1766 T. Amory Life John Bunde II. 307 I shall soon get the better of the fury and orgasm, make an alteration in the black scabious tongue, and..throw forth the matter of the disease.

1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 4 604 So the poetic orgasm, when excited, glows but for a time.

1875 J. R. Lowell Wordsworth in Prose Wks. (1890) IV. 365 He saw man such as he can only be when he is vibrated by the orgasm of a national emotion.

1900 J. London Odyssey of North in Son of Wolf 199 Malemute kid was already breathing heavily; but the young mining engineer gazed straight up through the thick darkness, waiting for the strange orgasm which stirred his blood to die away.

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General attributive.

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1935 H. M. Stone & A. Stone Marriage Man. (1936) viii. 276 Orgasm incapacity is more frequent.

1949 Orgone Energy Bull. Apr. 94 Orgasm reflex, the unitary involuntary contraction and expansion of the total organism in the acme of the sexual embrace.

1965 P. Kronhausen & E. Kronhausen Sexual Response in Women ii. i. 64 The kind of ‘orgasm anxiety’ to which our informant referred is very common among women.

1973 S. Fisher Female Orgasm i. 31 The amount of time spent by the husband stimulating his wife does not correlate with her orgasm frequency.

1997 Independent 8 Apr. 6/8 Those experiments helped lead to the isolation of the vasoactive intestinal peptide, which he believes is the neuro-transmitter, or chemical messenger, in the body that causes the orgasm sensation in the brain.

Derivatives

orˈgasmal adj. = orgasmic adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [adjective] > relating to orgasm

orgastic1822

orgasmal1833

oestrual1857

oestrous1900

climactic1913

orgasmic1923

1833 E. Webb Philos. Med. 184 The orgasmal products from their venereal congress.

1969 C. Allen Textbk. Psychosexual Disorders (ed. 2) iv. 71 Castration seems to have little effect on the desire or orgasmal capacity of the woman.

2009 M. Robinson Cupid's Poisoned Arrow 208 To have frequent orgasmal embraces..is to keep the wine in the sexual beakers low by constant spilling.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	orgasm
释义	orgasmn. Brit. /ˈɔːɡaz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈɔrˌɡæzəm/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin orgasmus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin orgasmus excitement or violent action in a bodily organ or part (1652 in the passage translated in quot. 1684 at sense 1; compare also quot. 1646 at sense 3) < Greek ὀργασμός , in scholia (medieval Greek or earlier) on Hippocrates On Humours 3 < ancient Greek ὀργᾶν to swell with sexual desire, be excited or eager ( < ὀργή natural impulse, temperament, disposition < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit ūrj , ūrjā nourishment, vigour) + -σμός , extended form of -μος , suffix forming nouns. Compare French orgasme (1611 in Cotgrave in sense 3, 1623 in sense 1, 1777 in the specific sense). †1. A sudden movement, spasm, contraction, or convulsion. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > spasmodic movement or twitching twitching1478 twitch1575 sprunting1647 orgasm1671 quetching1676 catching1700 snatching1822 quirk1826 1671 G. Thomson Μισοχυμὶας Ἔλεγχου 31 A sincere Assistant of Nature is, to observe its Motion, likewise the Orgasm or Inclination of the degenerate Matter. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xix. 809 When there appears an Orgasm [L. orgasmo] of the humours, we rather fly to bleeding as more safe. 1704 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 24 1564 From these Orgasms in the Animal Spirits, we may, I fancy, give some account of the want of Pulse too. 1771 T. Percival Ess. Med. & Exper. (1777) I. 200 A kind of nervous orgasm, or spasm on the vitals. 1801 E. Darwin Zoonomia III. 139 A torpor of the action of the mucous glands is first introduced..and an orgasm or increased action succeeds in consequence. 1824 Lancet 1 Feb. 166/1 This highly stimulating volatile medicine..injected in a suitable quantity into the cavity of the matrix, or along the vagina, is calculated to produce a sensation of orgasm, similar to that which is known to be most favourable to the cure of suppressed menses. 2. Originally: a surge of sexual excitement; the rut; oestrus. In later use: sexual climax; the highest point of sexual excitement, characterized by intense sensation and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation of sperm and in the female by involuntary vaginal contractions; an instance of this (cf. climax n. 4). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > orgasm happy ending1748 orgasm1754 spending1856 climax1873 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > mating > rut rutc1381 rutsonc1425 pride1483 shaleur1509 rutting1575 orgasm1754 heat1768 oestrum1773 oestruation1857 oestrus1890 1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2285/2 Orgasm, an extacy, or impetuous desire of coition, occasioned by a turgescency of the seminal vessels. Certain female animals have an orgasm at particular seasons of the year. 1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 236 Many viviparous animals are subject to periodical venereal orgasm. 1854 C. J. Hempel tr. A. Teste Homœopathic Materia Medica 343 The sexual appetite is easily excited, with orgasm (although transitory). 1872 R. Ludlam Lect. Dis. Women 265 A sexual orgasm induced by emotional influences, especially if it is ungratified, may be followed by a severe attack of this peculiar form of headache. 1882 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 173 361 Closely crowded together, the little party [of fish]..suddenly would indulge in an orgasm; and lashing and plashing the water in all directions with their convulsive movements, would scatter at the same instant the eggs and sperm. 1899 Arch. Surg. 10 129 The state of vascular turgescence which attends the sexual orgasm. 1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover iii. 32 She still wanted the physical, sexual thrill she could get with him by her own activity, his little orgasm being over. 1954 D. P. Geddes Anal. Kinsey Rep. 23 Orgasm in sexual intercourse..can be likened to the crescendo, climax, and sudden stillness achieved by an orchestra of human emotions. Kinsey has likened it to an explosion of tensions, and to sneezing. 1992 Playboy Oct. 43/1 In both men and women, orgasm consists of a series of three to ten muscle contractions that occur less than one second apart. 1996 Voice 25 June 28/3 ‘Urban Beat Reggae’..promised some serious audial orgasms. 2002 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 14 July 26/3 Why do men need the reinforcement of orgasm while women can reproduce perfectly well lying back and thinking of England? 3. Violent excitement; rage, fury; an outburst of excitement or rage. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [noun] > fit of violent emotion furyc1374 ecstasyc1384 ethroclytes1485 extremity1509 vehemency1612 rapturea1616 rapture1620 fit1654 transport1658 vehemence1741 orgasma1763 rave1765 rampage1860 brainstorm1861 tear1880 maenadism1883 the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > [noun] > instance or fit of furious anger wratha1200 ragec1325 furyc1374 paroxysm1578 rapturea1616 orgasma1763 ramp1798 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 145 It may be onely some fast retention or sudden compression in the Orgasmus or fury of their lust. View more context for this quotation] a1763 W. Shenstone Oeconomy i, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 290 Vain, ah vain the hope Of future peace, this orgasm uncontroul'd! 1766 T. Amory Life John Bunde II. 307 I shall soon get the better of the fury and orgasm, make an alteration in the black scabious tongue, and..throw forth the matter of the disease. 1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 4 604 So the poetic orgasm, when excited, glows but for a time. 1875 J. R. Lowell Wordsworth in Prose Wks. (1890) IV. 365 He saw man such as he can only be when he is vibrated by the orgasm of a national emotion. 1900 J. London Odyssey of North in Son of Wolf 199 Malemute kid was already breathing heavily; but the young mining engineer gazed straight up through the thick darkness, waiting for the strange orgasm which stirred his blood to die away. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1935 H. M. Stone & A. Stone Marriage Man. (1936) viii. 276 Orgasm incapacity is more frequent. 1949 Orgone Energy Bull. Apr. 94 Orgasm reflex, the unitary involuntary contraction and expansion of the total organism in the acme of the sexual embrace. 1965 P. Kronhausen & E. Kronhausen Sexual Response in Women ii. i. 64 The kind of ‘orgasm anxiety’ to which our informant referred is very common among women. 1973 S. Fisher Female Orgasm i. 31 The amount of time spent by the husband stimulating his wife does not correlate with her orgasm frequency. 1997 Independent 8 Apr. 6/8 Those experiments helped lead to the isolation of the vasoactive intestinal peptide, which he believes is the neuro-transmitter, or chemical messenger, in the body that causes the orgasm sensation in the brain. Derivatives orˈgasmal adj. = orgasmic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [adjective] > relating to orgasm orgastic1822 orgasmal1833 oestrual1857 oestrous1900 climactic1913 orgasmic1923 1833 E. Webb Philos. Med. 184 The orgasmal products from their venereal congress. 1969 C. Allen Textbk. Psychosexual Disorders (ed. 2) iv. 71 Castration seems to have little effect on the desire or orgasmal capacity of the woman. 2009 M. Robinson Cupid's Poisoned Arrow 208 To have frequent orgasmal embraces..is to keep the wine in the sexual beakers low by constant spilling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). orgasmv. Brit. /ˈɔːɡaz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈɔrˌɡæzəm/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: orgasm n. Etymology: < orgasm n. intransitive. To experience a sexual orgasm. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have orgasm die1600 come1604 to go off1887 to come off1909 orgasm1973 the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [verb (intransitive)] > experience sexual ecstasy or climax to get off1867 to feel the earth move1940 climax1971 orgasm1973 1973 S. Fisher Female Orgasm vii. 207 It often takes me as much as 15 minutes of stimulation before I can orgasm. 1989 Ethics 99 321 ‘We had sex three times’ typically means the man entered the woman three times and orgasmed three times. 1994 Sunday Sport 22 May 11/2 She slowly rubbed baby oil into every part of his body and then masturbated him until he orgasmed. 2002 Bliss June 91/1 When the boy orgasms (or comes) he ejaculates sperm which can fertilise the woman's egg. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1671v.1973
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orgasmn.

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orgasmv.