coition

[ koh-ish-uh n ]

/ koʊˈɪʃ ən /

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noun

Nearby words

coir, coire, coistrel, coit, coital exanthema, coition, coitus, coitus interruptus, coitus reservatus, cojones, coke

Origin of coition

1535–45; < Latin coitiōn- (stem of coitiō) a coming together, equivalent to coi- variant stem of coīre to come together (co- co- + īre to go) + -tiōn- -tion

Related forms

co·i·tion·al, adjective

Examples from the Web for coition

In one direction, all life works up to the one supreme moment of coition.
Fantasia of the Unconscious|D. H. Lawrence
The operations performed on females are obviously dictated by considerations of convenience or propriety in coition.
Introduction to the History of Religions|Crawford Howell Toy
This leaves only coition and revolution as the basic motions.
The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors|W. James King
Coition during pregnancy is unnatural because it necessarily fails of the end of coition, which is procreation.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation|Austin O'Malley

She told me coition always hurt her, and she said it made her sick to see her husband nude.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis