FromFrenchorgasme orNew Latinorgasmus, fromAncient Greekὀργασμός(orgasmós,“excitement, swelling”), fromὀργάω(orgáō,“to swell with moisture”).

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈɔː.ɡæ.zəm/
• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈoɹ.ɡæ.zəm/

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• Rhymes:-æzəm
• Hyphenation:or‧gasm

orgasm (countable anduncountable,pluralorgasms)

1. (obsolete) Aspasm orsuddencontraction.[17th–19th c.]
   • 1794,Erasmus Darwin,Zoonomia:

     Hence simple fevers are of two kinds; first, the febris irritativa, or fever with strong pulse, which consists of a previous torpor of the heart, arteries, and capillaries, and a succeedingorgasm of those vessels.

2. A rush ofsexual excitement; now specifically, theclimax orpeak ofsexualpleasure, which occurs during sexual activity and which in males may includeejaculation and in femalesvaginalcontractions.[from 18th c.]

   Synonyms:seeThesaurus:orgasm

   • 1982,Lawrence Durrell,Constance, Penguin 2004(Avignon Quintet), page 668:

     Never had I experienced such an immense sloworgasm – its ripples ran like the tributaries of the Nile throughout the whole nervous system.

   • 2007 September 12,Zoe Margolis,The Guardian:

     There does not have to be romance involved with sexual pleasure: some of us just likeorgasms for the hell of it.

   If you want to get anorgasm, I recommend buying a vibrator.

3. Acreamy whitealcoholiccocktail containingamaretto,Irish cream, andcoffeeliqueur.

• orgastic

orgasm (third-person singular simple presentorgasms,present participleorgasming,simple past and past participleorgasmed)

1. (intransitive) To have anorgasm.

   Synonyms:seeThesaurus:orgasm

• Magros,Morgas,gromas,margos,mogras

orgasm (genitiveorgasmi,partitiveorgasmi)

1. orgasm

FromFrenchorgasme.

• IPA^(key):[orˈɡasm]

orgasm n (pluralorgasme)

1. orgasm

• orgasmic
• orgastic

FromFrenchorgasme, fromAncient Greekὀργασμός(orgasmós,“orgasm”).

orgasm c

1. orgasm

   Han fickorgasm i duschen.

   He had anorgasm in the shower.

• fontänorgasm

• orgasmisk(“orgasmic”)

• utlösning

• orgasm inSvensk ordbok (SO)
• orgasm inSvenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• orgasm inSvenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)