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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OR'GASM, n. [Gr. to swell; to irritate.]
Immoderate excitement or action; as the orgasm of the blood or spirits.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse [syn: orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: New Latin orgasmus, from Greek orgasmos, from organ to grow ripe, be lustful; probably akin to Sanskrit ?rj? sap, strength Date: circa 1763 intense or paroxysmal excitement; especially an explosive discharge of neuromuscular tensions at the height of sexual arousal that is usually accompanied by the ejaculation of semen in the male and by vaginal contractions in the female • orgasmic also orgastic adjective II. intransitive verb Date: 1972 to experience orgasm

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a the climax of sexual excitement, esp. during sexual intercourse. b an instance of this. 2 violent excitement; rage. --v.intr. experience a sexual orgasm. Derivatives: orgasmic adj. orgasmically adv. orgastic adj. orgastically adv. Etymology: F orgasme or mod.L f. Gk orgasmos f. orgao swell, be excited

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Orgasm Or"gasm, n. [F. orgasme; cf. Gr. ? a kneading, softening, prob. confused with ? to swell, espicially with lust; to feel an ardent desire.] (Physiol.) Eager or immoderate excitement or action; the state of turgescence of any organ; erethism; esp., the height of venereal excitement in sexual intercourse.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(orgasms) An orgasm is the moment of greatest pleasure and excitement in sexual activity. N-VAR

Moby Thesaurus

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