coition

[ koh-ish-uhn ]

noun

1. coitus; sexual intercourse.

Other Words From

• co·ition·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of coition¹

First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin coitiōn- (stem of coitiō ) “a coming together,” equivalent to coi-, variant stem of coīre “to come together” ( co- “together, with” + īre “to go”) + -tiōn- noun suffix; co-, -tion

Example Sentences

It is the ready or difficult coition or union of bodies in composition, or simple juxtaposition.

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And so of late time was Paracelsus, who did undertake to prescribe a way for the generation of a man without coition.

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Fecundity they set forth by a Goat, because but seven daies old, it beginneth to use coition.

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It shows on the right a man and woman, representing the sun and moon, in the act of coition, standing up to the thighs in a lake.

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Magnetic coition, unlike electric attraction, cannot be screened.

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Related Words

• intercourse
• kissing
• mating
• sexual intercourse