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Vinony

intercourse

noun

  1. communication, contact between individuals
  2. the act of sex
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.tɚˌkɔɹs/ / /ˈɪn.tɚˌkoɹs/ / /ˈɪn.təˌkɔːs/

name

Etymology: Various theories; see Wikipedia article.

  1. A particular town in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States

noun

Etymology: From Old French entrecours, from Late Latin intercursus.

  1. Communication, conversation.

    “Yet do I vnderſtand your darkeſt language, / Your treads ath'toe, your ſecret iogges and vvringes: / Your entercourſe of glaunces: euery tittle / Of your cloſe Amorous rites I vnderſtand, / They ſpeake as loud to mee, as if you ſaid, / My deareſt Dariotto, I am thine.”

    “this sweet intercourse of looks and smiles”

  2. Dealings between countries.
  3. Dealings with people, including commerce and trade.
  4. Sexual intercourse, especially that involving humans and especially penile-vaginal interconnection.

    “When we situate climax during intercourse as the bullseye, we gate off the idiosyncrasy and experimentation that are the wellspring of sexual pleasure.”

verb

Etymology: From Old French entrecours, from Late Latin intercursus.

  1. To have sexual intercourse.