troilismn.
/ˈtrɔɪlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈtrɔɪˌlɪzəm/ Sexual activity in which three persons take part simultaneously. Also transferred.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > other types of sexual activity or intercourse > [noun] > involving more than two people
gang-shag1927
threesome1936
daisy chain1941
gang-banging1949
gang-bang1950
troilism1951
clusterfuck1965
three-way1967
1941 Dorland's Med. Dict. (ed. 19) 1544/2 Troilism,..a psychotic sexual manifestation in which the patient desires the sexual partner of the person for whom he has homosexual yearnings.]
1951 Dorland's Med. Dict. (ed. 22) 1622/2 Troilism,..paraphilia practised by three persons, by two women and a man, or by two men and a woman.
1973 Sunday Times 14 Oct. 18/4 Wife-swapping and troilism are mostly in the writers' imaginations, not part of their life.
1983 V. Glendinning Vita 197 Emotional troilism always attracted her.
Derivatives
ˈtroilist adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > other types of sexual activity or intercourse > [adjective] > involving more than two people
three-way1960
troilist1976
1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Feb. 191/1 The troilist encounter in the film Performance is breathlessly mentioned as taking place in ‘a great big bed’.
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