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Etymology

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FromOld Frenchentrecours, fromLate Latinintercursus.

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Noun

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intercourse (countable anduncountable,pluralintercourses)

  1. Communication,conversation.
    • 1604 (first performance),George Chapman,Al Fooles: A Comedy, [], London: [] [George Eld] forThomas Thorpe, published1605,→OCLC, Act II,signature [D4], verso:
      Yet do I vnderſtand your darkeſt language, / Your treads ath'toe, your ſecret iogges and vvringes: / Yourentercourſe of glaunces: euery tittle / Of your cloſe Amorous rites I vnderſtand, / They ſpeake as loud to mee, as if you ſaid, / My deareſtDariotto, I am thine.
    • 1667,John Milton, “Book VIII”, inParadise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker [];[a]nd by Robert Boulter [];[a]nd Matthias Walker, [],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [],1873,→OCLC:
      this sweetintercourse of looks and smiles
    • 1906, Edward Suddard, chapter 4, inThe Technique of the Modern Orchestra[1], translation ofTechnique de l'orchestre moderne byCharles-Marie Widor, page139:
      And indeed, what more reliable authority couldBerlioz have found thanCavaillé-Coll, with whom he had frequentintercourse, and who would have been better qualified than any one else to give him correct information?
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in theirintercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
    • 1952 May,George Santayana, “I Like to Be a Stranger”, inThe Atlantic[2]:
      It might seem that with age places gained upon persons in interest to my mind; and that my pleasure grew inintercourse with things rather than with ideas.
  2. Dealings between countries.
  3. Dealings with people, including commerce andtrade.
  4. Sexual intercourse usually involvinghumans.

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communication, conversation
dealings between countries
dealings with people, including commerce and trade
sexual intercourse

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Verb

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intercourse (third-person singular simple presentintercourses,present participleintercoursing,simple past and past participleintercoursed)

  1. (nonstandard, intransitive) To havesexual intercourse.

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