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condom|ˈkɒndɒm, kʌ-|
Also 7 condum, condon, 7–9 cundum.
[Origin unknown; no 18th-cent. physician named Condom or Conton has been traced though a doctor so named is often said to be the inventor of the sheath.]
A contraceptive sheath.
c1706? J. Hamilton Scots Answer to Brit. Vision l. 42, Then Sirenge and Condum Come both in Request. 1708(title) Almonds for parrots..with a word or two in praise of condons. 1717D. Turner Syphilis i. 74 The Condum being the best, if not the only Preservative our Libertines have found out at present. 1728W. Kennett in W. Pattison Cupid's Metamorphoses 307 Happy the Man, who in his Pocket keeps, Whether with Green or Scarlet Ribband bound, A well made C―. 1744The Machine 10 Let not the Joy she proffers be Essay'd, Without the well-try'd Cundum's friendly Aid. 1828S. F. Gray Suppl. to Pharmacopœias (ed. 4) ii. 135 Condoms, Armour, Baudruches, Redingotes Anglaises. c1888–94My Secret Life X. 311 It was an age since I'd had a cundum on my prick. 1897Science of Generation xx. 235 The use of various mechanical contrivances, such as French Safes, Condom Sheaths, etc., is also objectionable. 1904Dulberg tr. Senator & Kaminer's Health & Disease I. vi. 238 The condom is..relatively the most perfect anticonceptual remedy. 1936D. V. Glass Struggle for Population iii. 35 [In Italy] condoms are listed as preventatives of disease and not as birth-control appliances, and are thus easily available. 1964L. Martin Clinical Endocrinol. (ed. 4) vii. 228 Semen should be collected into a glass container at body temperature after masturbation or coitus interruptus and not into a rubber condom. |