cunnilingus
/ˌkʌn.ɪˈlɪŋ.ɡəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The stinking breath, hoarse voice, and snoring respiration of the cunnilingus, fellator and fellatrix, the effeminate, piping tone of the cinædus and irrumator, which excited the special scorn of the early satirical writers, were doubtless the expression of a catarrhal pharyngolaryngitis acquired in the discharge of their filthy practices."
Etymology
From Latin cunnilingus (literally “cuntlicker”). The meaning shift, not yet complete in the early twentieth century, perhaps derives from figurative uses where the name for a person stands for the name of a practice.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *leyǵʰ-, cunnilingus