Antedating of "Cunnilingus"

[Laurence Horn]

On Feb 10, 2013, at 12:16 PM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:

> cunnilingus (OED 1887)
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> 1864 tr. Johann Ludwig Casper _A Handbook of Forensic Medicine_ III. 337 (Making of Modern Law)  So it is with these "unnatural forms of lewdness" referred to, which have been known from the earliest days, and described and lashed severely by the satirists.  And yet, so far as I know, throughout the whole animal kingdom, Cunnilingus alone, and perhaps Coprophagia, occur as forms of sexual gratification.
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Given that last claim ("throughout the whole animal kingdom, Cunnilingus alone, and perhaps Coprophagia, occur as forms of sexual gratification"), it's a wonder that the species were able to propagate as well as they did.

LH (happy to ignore domain restriction when it suits his purposes)

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