lesbianate en · VERB
Etymology
From lesbian + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Apparently coined in 1967 by Governor of Gibraltar Gerald Lathbury as a nonce word to rhyme with fifty-eight in a poem regarding the breeding of Barbary macaques in Gibraltar.
Meanings
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(rare) To engage in lesbian sex.
Try to figure out ways you can 'lesbianate' in public. Can you get your finger down her pants at the movie theater?
1987, JoAnn Loulan, Mariah Burton Nelson, Lesbian Passion: Loving Ourselves and Each Other, Aunt Lute Books, →ISBN:So long as we have Joe (born at Queen's Gate in fifty-eight) No female ape need pine Or lesbianate.
1967, Gerald Lathbury, quotee, “Poets aped in Gibraltar monkey business”, in BBC News:So, a check was deposited into her bank account at the first of every month. SSI. $660, and she could write & paint and lesbianate to her hearts content, possessing enviable free time
2008, Red Jordan Arobateau, Leader of the Pack, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 156:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lesbianated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| lesbianated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| lesbianating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| lesbianates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
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