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anilingus

Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ.nɪˈlɪŋ.ɡəs/

The English word “anilingus” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Performance of oral sex upon the anus.

Etymology

Allegedly coined by sexologist Richard von Krafft-Ebing who had already used cunnilingus in such a sense of denoting the practice instead of its actor and spread by the tenth edition of Psychopathia sexualis of 1898 (English edition page 185, German edition page 124, referencing a description of his in Centralblatt für die Krankheiten der Harn- und Sexual-Organe Vol. VI of 1895 pages 355–357).…

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