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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

  1. (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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lesbianated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lesbianated Tense=Past lexicographic
lesbianating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lesbianates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

wikipedia: Governor of Gibraltar · wikipedia: Gerald Lathbury · wikipedia: Barbary macaques in Gibraltar