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coitus interruptus

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Etymology

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From Latin coitus (“sexual intercourse”) + interruptus (“interrupted, cut short”), the perfect passive participle of interrumpo (“to interrupt, to cut short”).

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coitus interruptus (uncountable)

  1. Sexual intercourse interrupted by withdrawal of the penis before ejaculation.
    Coordinate term: coitus reservatus
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 351:
      Yet in the event, population continued to grow – even though signs began to appear that coitus interruptus was beginning to be used systematically to reduce family size.
    • 2003 October 7, Lucy Atkins, “Men on the pill? Yeah, right”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      We have come some way since sheep's bladder condoms but male contraceptive options are still pretty basic. Not counting one Chinese invention - a small electronic device worn in the underpants, which causes infertility for a month after a current is switched on briefly - it is still down to the old favourites: abstinence, coitus interruptus, condoms or vasectomy.
    • [2013, Grace Burrowes, Once Upon a Tartan, Sourcebooks, →ISBN, page 287:
      She'd long since caught the knack of moving with him, and closed her arms and legs around him. “You'll fly with me, Tiberius? Take the last fence with me?” He'd meant to pull out. Coitus interruptus was a term even the scholars failing their Latin knew before they left public school.]

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French

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Etymology

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From Latin coitus (“sexual intercourse”) + interruptus (“interrupted, cut short”), the perfect passive participle of interrumpo (“to interrupt, to cut short”).

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coitus interruptus m (uncountable)

  1. coitus interruptus

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin coitus interruptus (literally “sexual intercourse interrupted”), from coeō (“to meet, to have sex”) and interrumpō (“to interrupt, to cut short”).

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coitus interruptus m (uncountable)

  1. coitus interruptus

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Swedish

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Noun

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coitus interruptus

  1. coitus interruptus
    Synonyms: avbrutet samlag, (slang) finska rycket

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