Meanings
- obsoleteuncountableSynonym of masturbation.
The vice consists in any excitement of the genital organs produced otherwise than in the natural way. It is known by the terms, self-pollution, self-abuse, masturbation, onanism, manustupration, voluntary pollution, solitary or secret vice, and other names sufficiently explanatory.
[1881, John Harvey Kellogg, Plain Facts for Old and YoungSynonyms: masturbation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of masturbation.
Origin
- Latinmanus“hand”
- Englishmanustupration
From Latin manus (“hand”) + stuprō (“debauch”). The verb is often wrongly quoted as stupō, stupare.
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