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单词 orgasm
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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.
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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.
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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 28/3Urban 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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