intromission

Meanings

nounintromission (countable and uncountable, plural intromissions)

plural intromissions

countableuncountableThe state of being allowed to enter; admittance
countableuncountableThe act of allowing to enter; admission
countableuncountablePutting one thing into another; introduction (into); insertion
1 more example
"Your father has told me all about it. Did you ever hear of anything so ridiculous?" "All about what?—all about what?" said Delia, whose attempt to represent happy ignorance seemed likely to be spoiled by an intromission of ferocity. She might succeed in appearing ignorant, but she could scarcely succeed in appearing happy.
1888, Henry James, The Reverberator, Macmillan and Co.
countableuncountableCopulation: usually the first moment of initial entry of a penis into a vagina, mouth or anus.
ScotlandcountableuncountablelawAn intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe act of putting one thing into another

Similar

insertion introduction

Broader

movement

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Latinintrōmissus“sent in, introduced, let in, admitted”
Medieval Latinintrōmissiō, intrōmissiōn-“introduction, admission; usurpation”
Englishintromission

From Medieval Latin intrōmissiō, intrōmissiōn- (“introduction, admission; usurpation”), intro- (“into”) + missiō (“sending”), from Latin intrōmissus (“sent in, introduced, let in, admitted”), perfect passive participle of intrōmittō (“send in, let in”).

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