preorgasmic

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UK/ˌpɹiːɔːˈɡazmɪk/

adjective

Happening before an orgasm.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectivepreorgasmic (not comparable)

alternative pre-orgasmic

  1. not comparableHappening before an orgasm.

    Pre-orgasmic build-up generally takes a longer time for the woman than it does for the man.

    2003, Ma Ananda Sarita, Ecstatic Sex, page 61
    2 more examples

    This hallucinogen is also a mild stimulant and hence enhances slightly the preorgasmic sensations.

    1977, Hardin Blair Jones, Sensual Drugs, page 136

    These types of headache are rare; orgasmic headache is about four times more frequent than preorgasmic headache.

    2008, Michael J Aminoff, Neurology and General Medicine, page 666
  2. not comparableHaving not yet experienced an orgasm (especially of a woman).

    Although Mrs. A. reported experiencing more pleasure during sex, she was still preorgasmic.

    1980, Sandra Risa Leiblum et al., Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy, page 54
    2 more examples

    In the past, women who did not experience orgasm were called frigid. This term is no longer used because it implies that the woman is at fault. Instead, the term preorgasmic has been substituted, since most women can be taught to become orgasmic.

    1993, Rebecca J Donatelle, To Health, page 167

    When her therapist informed her that masturbation is the best way for preorgasmic women to learn how to have an orgasm, she was frightened.

    2000, Stephanie S Covington, Awakening Your Sexuality, page 81

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishorgasmic
  10. Englishpreorgasmic

From pre- + orgasmic.

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Translations

French préorgasmique
  • préorgasmiquehappening before an orgasm

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