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cun⋅ni⋅lin⋅gus

  [kuhn-l-ing-guhs]
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–noun
the act or practice of orally stimulating the female genitals.
Also, cun⋅ni⋅linc⋅tus  [kuhn-l-ingk-tuhs] .

Origin:
1885–90; < NL, L: one who licks the vulva, equiv. to cunni- (comb. form of cunnus vulva) + -lingus (deriv. of lingere to lick )

Related forms:
cun⋅ni⋅lin⋅gual, adjective
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cun·ni·lin·gus   (kŭn'ə-lĭng'gəs)   
n.  Oral stimulation of the clitoris or vulva.

[New Latin, from Latin, he who licks the vulva : cunnus, vulva; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots + lingere, to lick; see leigh- in Indo-European roots.]
cun'ni·lin'gual adj.
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Word Origin & History

cunnilingus 
1887, from Mod.L. cunnus "vulva" (see cunt) + lingere "to lick" (see lick (v.)). The L. properly would mean "one who licks a vulva," but it is used in Eng. in reference to the action, not the actor. The verb ought to be cunnilingue.
"Cunnilingus was a very familiar manifestation in classical times; ... it tends to be especially prevalent at all periods of high civilization." [Havelock Ellis, 1905]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cun·ni·lin·gus
Pronunciation: "k&n-i-'li[ng]-g&s
Variant: also cun·ni·linc·tus /-'li[ng](k)-t&s/
Function: noun
: oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris —cun·ni·lin·guism /-'li[ng]-g&-"wiz-&m/ noun
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Medical Dictionary

cunnilingus cun·ni·lin·gus (kŭn'ə-lĭng'gəs)
n.
Oral stimulation of the clitoris or vulva.

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