coitus interruptus
/ˈkɔɪ̯.təs ˌɪntəˈrʌptəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "There can be no doubt, as maintained by Peyer, that the results of coitus interruptus are variable, and that very many practice it without experiencing bad results."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Borrowed from the German Coitus interruptus, a Latinism of Coitus (the then standard spelling of Koitus) and interruptus (Latin for “interrupted”) in 1886, a year after its German coining. Its antonym, coitus reservatus, was borrowed four years later, in 1890, despite having been coined five years before it, in 1880, in German.
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɔɪ̯.təs ˌɪntəˈrʌptəs/
- British English: /ˈkəʊ̯.ɪtəs ˌɪntəˈrʌptəs/