intercourse
Americannoun
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sexual intercourse, especially coitus.
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dealings or communication between individuals, groups, countries, etc.
- Synonyms:
- traffic, trade, commerce, sexual relations, sex act, sex, relations, copulation
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interchange of thoughts, feelings, etc.
noun
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communication or exchange between individuals; mutual dealings
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Origin of intercourse
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English intercurse, from Medieval Latin intercursus “communication, trading,” Latin “a running between, interposition”; see inter-, course
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Intercourse also meant “communion between man and that which is spiritual or unseen.”
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025
And the repeated phrase “I want to love him, but what if he —” forms part of the beat for Raekwon’s Verbal Intercourse.
From The Verge • Jun. 8, 2018
Some of these recordings will be new versions of old tunes but others, including the Purple Rain outtake, Electric Intercourse, and Father’s Song, which Prince wrote with his dad John Nelson, are unheard.
From The Guardian • Apr. 21, 2017
A leaked tracklist suggests fans will finally get to hear studio versions of the much-bootlegged songs Electric Intercourse and Possessed, amongst others.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2017
And lastly, that the Air does not usually diffuse and spread these to any great Distance, if Intercourse and Commerce with the Place infected be strictly prevented.
From A Discourse on the Plague by Mead, Richard
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