orgasm
pronunciation
How to pronounce orgasm in British English:
UK [ˈɔ:gæzəm]
How to pronounce orgasm in American English:
US [ˈɔrgæzəm]
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- Noun:
- the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
Word Origin
- orgasm (n.)
- 1680s, "sexual climax," from French orgasme or Modern Latin orgasmus, from Greek orgasmos "excitement, swelling," from organ "be in heat, become ripe for," literally "to swell, be excited," related to orge "impulse, excitement, anger," from PIE root *wrog- "to burgeon, swell with strength" (cognates: Sanskrit urja "a nourishment, sap, vigor," Old Irish ferc, ferg "anger"). Also used 17c. of other violent excitements of emotion or other bodily functions.
- orgasm (v.)
- 1973, originally and usually in reference to a woman's sexual climax, from orgasm (n.). Related: Orgasmed; orgasming.
Example
- 1. Boosting orgasm rapture & quantity is equally valid .
- 2. A pig 's orgasm lasts 30 minutes .
- 3. Orgasm only begins the female reproductive involvement .
- 4. Orgasm is an evolutionary function of nature .
- 5. This included arousal , pleasure and achieving orgasm .