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masturbative en · ADJ

Etymology

From masturbat(e) + -ive.

Meanings

1. (rare) Pertaining to masturbation; masturbatory.
   • The excitement led to a masturbative [translating masturbatorisch] act (frictio femorum). 1922, Beatrice M. Hinkle, translating CG Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., p. 87
   • This war has all the masturbative qualities of a combat between hopeless recidivists. 1947, Henry Miller, Remember to Remember:

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