postcoital

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adjective

Occurring after, or as a consequence of, sex.

“The patient suffered from postcoital malaise.”

Opposite
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Meanings

adjectivepostcoital (not comparable)

alternative post-coital

  1. not comparableOccurring after, or as a consequence of, sex.

    The patient suffered from postcoital malaise.

    2 more examples

    Post-coital tristesse, like post-coital jouissance, is known only to the human animal and occurs as orgasm most often signals the end of immediate sexual excitement, if not the end of the pursuit of further sexual pleasure.

    2003, William Simon, Postmodern Sexualities, Routledge, →ISBN, page 82

    The most suspenseful Sex Box ever got was when Frostrup rushed up to the couples as they emerged from the box and attempted to interview them with all the peppy urgency of Erin Andrews at the Super Bowl, and you had to wonder whether the poor, blindsided, post-coital people would be able to do anything more than stare at the camera in abject horror.

    2015 February 26, Sophie Gilbert, “Soggy Bottoms and 'Sex Box': The Saucy State of TV's British Imports”, in The Atlantic

    Antonyms: precoital

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOccurring after, or as a consequence of, sex.

Opposite
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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Englishcoital
  8. Englishpostcoital

From post- + coital.

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Translations

Finnish yhdynnän jälkeinen
  • yhdynnän jälkeinenfollowing sexual intercourse
French postcoïtal
  • postcoïtalfollowing sexual intercourse
Italian postcoitale
  • postcoitalefollowing sexual intercourse
Yiddish נאָכן סעקס, לאַחר־המעשׂה
  • נאָכן סעקס (nokhn seks)following sexual intercourse
  • לאַחר־המעשׂה (leákher hamáyse)following sexual intercourse
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“postcoital.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postcoital. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postcoital,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postcoital.

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