Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

come aloft

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables: come aloft
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To mount sexually; to have an erection.

Obsolete; Slang

Example Sentences

"his louely wife emongst them lay, / Embraced of a Satyre rough and rude, / Who all the night did minde his ioyous play: / Nine times he heard him come aloft ere day, / That all his hart with gealosie did swell; / But yet that nights ensample did bewray, / That not for nought his wife them loued so well, / When one so oft a night did ring his matins bell."
"Fowler: I must kiss her:–(kisses her) – thou hast a down lip, and dost twang it handsomely; now to the business. Penelope: This is not all I look for. Fowler (aside): She will not tempt me to come aloft, will she?"

Usage

Inflected Forms

comes aloft (present, singular) coming aloft (participle, present) came aloft (past)

Questions

What does come aloft mean?: To mount sexually; to have an erection.

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