Antedating of "Orgasm"

[Fred Shapiro]

orgasm (OED3 1684)

1671 George Thomson _Misochymias elenchos_ 31 (Early English Books Online_
A sincere _Assistant_ of Nature is, to observe its _Motion_, likewise the
_Orgasm_ or Inclination of the _degenerate Matter_.

Fred Shapiro


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