onanism
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Definition of onanism
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(dated, formal, uncountable, usually)Masturbation.
“Hypochondriasis, hysteria, chorea, epilepsy, apoplexy, and palsy, constitute part of the list of dire maladies induced or immediately excited, by onanism and immoderate or ill-timed coition. The memory and intellectual faculties, in general, are enfeebled, and there are instances of complete idiocy, brought on by early and continued onanism, and of insanity from similar excesses later in life.”
“This photograph was far superior. A nude woman was sitting on the edge of a desk next to a globe of the world. The suggested onanism with the piece of chalk intrigued Ignatius.”
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noun
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(dated, formal, uncountable, usually)Masturbation.
“Hypochondriasis, hysteria, chorea, epilepsy, apoplexy, and palsy, constitute part of the list of dire maladies induced or immediately excited, by onanism and immoderate or ill-timed coition. The memory and intellectual faculties, in general, are enfeebled, and there are instances of complete idiocy, brought on by early and continued onanism, and of insanity from similar excesses later in life.”
“This photograph was far superior. A nude woman was sitting on the edge of a desk next to a globe of the world. The suggested onanism with the piece of chalk intrigued Ignatius.”
- (dated, formal, uncountable, usually)Ejaculating outside the vagina during intercourse; (the performing of) coitus interruptus.
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Etymology
From Onan + -ism. In the Book of Genesis, Onan, son of Judah, in fulfillment of the laws of levirate marriage was to impregnate his brother Er's widow, Tamar, in…
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From Onan + -ism. In the Book of Genesis, Onan, son of Judah, in fulfillment of the laws of levirate marriage was to impregnate his brother Er's widow, Tamar, in order to raise offspring from the union in his brother's name. In order to avoid raising descendants for his late brother, however, Onan "spilled his semen on the ground when he went in to his brother's wife, so that he would not give offspring to his brother" (Genesis 38:9).
Words you can make from onanism
101 playable · top: AMNIONS (9 pts)
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- MANI 6 pts
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- SIMA 6 pts
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- INNS 4 pts
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- NAOI 4 pts
- NAOS 4 pts
- NONA 4 pts
- NONI 4 pts
- SAIN 4 pts
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