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View synonyms for nocturnal emission

nocturnal emission

noun

  1. the release of semen during sleep, often during a sexual dream.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nocturnal emission1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

I have not had a nocturnal emission for over three years, and probably not more than twenty-five in my life.

These emissions are likely to occur once in two to four weeks and take the place of the nocturnal emission.

The nocturnal emission is not a universal method of emptying the seminal vesicles.

Is the emptying of the seminal vesicles thru nocturnal emission a universal phenomenon among continent men?

This phenomenon has been variously called nocturnal emission, "pollution" and "dreaming-off."

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