cunnilingus
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cun·ni·lin·gus 
[kuhn-l-ing-guhs] Pronunciation Key
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[kuhn-l-ing-guhs] Pronunciation Key –noun
| the act or practice of orally stimulating the female genitals. |
Also, cun·ni·linc·tus
[kuhn-l-ingk-tuhs] Pronunciation Key.
[kuhn-l-ingk-tuhs] Pronunciation Key.[Origin: 1885–90; < NL, L: one who licks the vulva, equiv. to cunni- (comb. form of cunnus vulva) + -lingus (deriv. of lingere to lick)]
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cun·ni·lin·gual, adjective
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| cun·ni·lin·gus
(kŭn'ə-lĭng'gəs) Pronunciation Key
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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cunnilingus
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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cunnilingus cun·ni·lin·gus (kŭn'ə-lĭng'gəs)
n.
Oral stimulation of the clitoris or vulva.
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