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

   • 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.

   If you want to get an orgasm, I recommend buying a vibrator.

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

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 (SO)
• orgasm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• orgasm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)