lovemaking
Americannoun
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the act of courting or wooing.
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sexual activity.
noun
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sexual play and activity between lovers, esp including sexual intercourse
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an archaic word for courtship
Etymology
Origin of lovemaking
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; love, making
Example Sentences
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His performance feels awkward at first—like Jason Biggs or Will Ferrell fretting about lovemaking and analysts in a late-era Woody Allen film—but it becomes more convincing as the play progresses, as does the play itself.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 5, 2018
Rare Gal�pagos tortoises were coaxed to mate at the San Diego Zoo after keepers provided enough sand for them to dig their own "nests," the only place they apparently consider suitable for lovemaking.
From Time Magazine Archive
In general Shaw was biologically cold: "My pockets are always full of the small change of lovemaking; but it is magic money, not real money."
From Time Magazine Archive
And the puns are leaden: a Rolls-Royce is a "flatus symbol," lovemaking is a "deathscapade," and a gourmet ponders whether there is "life beyond the gravy."
From Time Magazine Archive
But nesting-time with the birds is one of sentiment as well as of industry The amount of affectation in lovemaking they are capable of is simply ludicrous.
From Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 5 May, 1897 by Various
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