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nonintercourse en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + intercourse.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not involving or not relating to sexual intercourse.
    • McCarthy says you can slow things down by honing your technique through what he calls "nonintercourse sex" (what the rest of us call "jerking off"). 2017 February 27, Stacey Grenrock Woods, “Thank You, Doctors: The Average Sex Time Is Not as Long as You'd Think”, in Esquire:

nonintercourse en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + intercourse.

Meanings

  1. (US, historical, uncountable) The lack of intercourse; the suspension of relations or communication (especially between countries).
    • you must submit to an embargo on your wit and a non-intercourse act between you and the faculty of writing. 1809, Malkin, Gil Blas xi. vii.:
    • The Nonintercourse Act
    • This view is derived from the former non-intercourse law only. 1809, Jefferson, Writ. (1829) IV. 131:
    • The use of non-intercourse agreements as revolutionary weapons against Great Britain. 1888, A. Johnston, Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 759/1:
  2. (uncountable) A lack of sexual intercourse.
    • I intend to try the effect of non-intercourse, and to break with her outright. 1863(?), Miss Mitford, Village Ser. 11: