orgasm

From French orgasme or New Latin orgasmus, from Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós, “excitement, swelling”), from ὀργάω (orgáō, “to swell with moisture”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.ɡæ.zəm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoɹ.ɡæ.zəm/

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• Rhymes: -æzəm
• Hyphenation: or‧gasm

orgasm (countable and uncountable, plural orgasms)

1. (obsolete) A spasm or sudden contraction. [17th–19th c.]
   • 1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia:

     Hence simple fevers are of two kinds; first, the febris irritativa, or fever with strong pulse, which consists of a previous torpor of the heart, arteries, and capillaries, and a succeeding orgasm of those vessels.

2. A rush of sexual excitement; now specifically, the climax or peak of sexual pleasure, which occurs during sexual activity and which in males may include ejaculation and in females vaginal contractions. [from 18th c.]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:orgasm

   anally-induced orgasm

   attain orgasm

   be close to orgasm

   bring oneself to orgasm

   come to orgasm

   control one's orgasm

   cumless orgasm

   cry of orgasm

   delay one's orgasm

   deny someone an orgasm

   give someone and orgasm

   have an orgasm

   have repeated orgasm

   female orgasm

   intense orgasm

   intercourse resulting in orgasm by both parties

   male orgasm

   moan of orgasm

   mutual orgasm

   screaming orgasm

   unpleasurable orgasm

   • 1922, Frank Harris, “X”, in My Life and Loves:

     Since then I have read lascivious books in halt a dozen languages and they all represent women coming to an orgasm in the act, as men do, followed by a period of content; which only shows that the books are all written by men and ignorant, insensitive men at that. The truth is hardly one married woman in a thousand is ever brought to her highest pitch of feeling: usually, just when she begins to feel, her husband goes to sleep.

   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Penguin 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 668:

     Never had I experienced such an immense slow orgasm – its ripples ran like the tributaries of the Nile throughout the whole nervous system.

   • 2007 September 12, Zoe Margolis, The Guardian:

     There does not have to be romance involved with sexual pleasure: some of us just like orgasms for the hell of it.

3. A creamy white alcoholic cocktail containing amaretto, Irish cream, and coffee liqueur.

• orgastic

orgasm (third-person singular simple present orgasms, present participle orgasming, simple past and past participle orgasmed)

1. (intransitive) To have an orgasm.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:orgasm

• Magros, Morgas, gromas, margos, mogras

orgasm (genitive orgasmi, partitive orgasmi)

1. orgasm

Declension of orgasm (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		orgasm	orgasmid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	orgasmi
genitive			orgasmide
partitive		orgasmi	orgasme orgasmisid
illative		orgasmi orgasmisse	orgasmidesse orgasmesse
inessive		orgasmis	orgasmides orgasmes
elative		orgasmist	orgasmidest orgasmest
allative		orgasmile	orgasmidele orgasmele
adessive		orgasmil	orgasmidel orgasmel
ablative		orgasmilt	orgasmidelt orgasmelt
translative		orgasmiks	orgasmideks orgasmeks
terminative		orgasmini	orgasmideni
essive		orgasmina	orgasmidena
abessive		orgasmita	orgasmideta
comitative		orgasmiga	orgasmidega

Borrowed from French orgasme.

• IPA^(key): [orˈɡasm]

orgasm n (plural orgasme)

1. orgasm

• orgasmic
• orgastic

From French orgasme, from Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós, “orgasm”).

orgasm c

1. orgasm

   Han fick orgasm i duschen.

   He had an orgasm in the shower.

• fontänorgasm

• orgasmisk (“orgasmic”)

• utlösning

• “orgasm”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “orgasm”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “orgasm”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Derived from Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós, “excitement, swelling”), likely through English.

orgasm m (plural orgasmau)

1. orgasm

   Synonym: gwŷn

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “orgasm”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “orgasm”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies