Orgasm Definition
ôrgăzəm
orgasms
noun
orgasms
A frenzy; great excitement; esp., the climax of sexual excitement, as in intercourse, normally accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
Webster's New World
A similar point of intensity of emotional excitement.
American Heritage
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verb
To have an orgasm.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Orgasm
French orgasme or New Latin orgasmus both from Greek orgasmos from orgān to swell up, be excited
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Late Latin orgasmus, from Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós, “orgasm"), from ὀργάω (orgaō, “to swell with moisture").
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