Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nocturnal emission

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English

Syllables: noc-tur-nal e-mis-sion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ejaculation or orgasm while asleep, often accompanied by an erotic dream.

Example Sentences

"In other stories of the midrashim, Adam, in penance for his fall, abstains from sexuality for 130 years, but he is not able to control his nocturnal emissions; in his dream state female spirits, the succubae, come and have intercourse with him, and with Adam's seed they give birth to demons."

Inflected Forms

nocturnal emissions (plural)

Synonyms

night emission nocturnal pollution nightfall wet dream

Questions

What does nocturnal emission mean?: An ejaculation or orgasm while asleep, often accompanied by an erotic dream.

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