orgastic
See also: orgàstic
English
editEtymology
editFrom orgas(m) + -ic (with t as in spastic) or -astic (as in e.g. sarcastic, pleonastic).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editorgastic (comparative more orgastic, superlative most orgastic)
- Orgasmic (exciting or stimulating; relating to or prone to orgasm). [from 19th c.]
- 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin, published 2000, page 171:
- Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us.
- 1954, Cornell University, Epoch, volume 6, page 27:
- There is surely no more orgastic torture for children than the cries of another child being punished.
- 1974, Morton M. Hunt, Sexual behavior in the 1970s, page 214:
- In the older half of our sample the nondevout women are somewhat more orgastic than the devout, but in the younger half of the sample it is the devout who are more orgastic.
- 1976, Benjamin J. Sadock, Harold I. Kaplan, Alfred M. Freedman, editors, The Sexual Experience, page 370:
- However, Pomeroy's (1965) data are contradictory, in that he found prostitutes to be more orgastic than normal women.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editorgasmic — see orgasmic
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French orgastique.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editorgastic m or n (feminine singular orgastică, masculine plural orgastici, feminine and neuter plural orgastice)
Declension
editDeclension of orgastic
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | orgastic | orgastică | orgastici | orgastice | ||
definite | orgasticul | orgastica | orgasticii | orgasticele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | orgastic | orgastice | orgastici | orgastice | ||
definite | orgasticului | orgasticei | orgasticelor | orgasticilor |
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