Hypertext Webster Gateway: "orgasm"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Orgasm \Or"gasm\, n. [F. orgasme; cf. Gr. ? a kneading,
softening, prob. confused with ? to swell, espicially with
lust; to feel an ardent desire.] (Physiol.)
Eager or immoderate excitement or action; the state of
turgescence of any organ; erethism; esp., the height of
venereal excitement in sexual intercourse.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

orgasm
n : the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
[syn: {climax}, {sexual climax}, {coming}]


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