orgasmicadj.

1890 Washington Post 23 Feb. 9/1 Tempestuous and revolutionary were the orgasmic throes of Germany, England, America.

1926 W. Frank Virgin Spain iii. 75 The Semana Santa and the Feria are the most famous rites: in Holy Week, the spirit of Seville meets Seville's body in orgasmic climax. But other seasons have not less typical embraces.

1947 J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus xiv. 197 Back in the bus he had felt, in anticipation, a bursting, orgasmic delight of freedom.

1968 New Statesman 16 Aug. 208/1 The Trojans meet the Greeks like lovers, almost naked, agog for the dark orgasmic flutter of killing or being killed.

1971 Daily Tel. 3 Apr. 14 Television commercials are often blatantly erotic, so that even the simple act of eating a chocolate bar is turned into an orgasmic experience.

1995 L. Gunst Born fi' Dead Introd. p. xxiii Rapid-fire weapons like the Uzis and Glocks which let off an orgasmic spurt of bullets.

1923 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 34 460 In contrast to the passions, the orgasmic or irruptive feeling responses are more turbulent.

1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover iii. 31 He felt the frenzy of her achieving her own orgasmic satisfaction from his hard, erect passivity.

1935 R. V. Storer Sexual Technique xxi. 278 The orgasmic contractions of the uterus act as a kind of suction pump.

1953 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Female ix. 390 It had acquainted the girl with the nature of an orgasmic response.

1966 W. H. Masters & V. E. Johnson Human Sexual Response ix. 131 The female is capable of rapid return to orgasm immediately following an orgasmic experience.

1969 Daily Tel. 7 Mar. (Colour Suppl.) 7/2 She lay naked on the floor doing the standard orgasmic heaving.

1981 Times 14 Dec. 6/3 After four weeks of sex therapy she became orgasmic.

1998 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) Aug. 92/1 Risking everything for an orgasmic rush could be a sign of addiction.