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penetrative

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Definitions

  1. tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing

Word origin

From Middle English penetratyve, penetratif, from Medieval Latin penetrativus, from (the participle stem of) Latin penetrāre (“to penetrate”).

Used in a sentence

  • Would'ſt thou be window'd in great Rome, and ſee / Thy Maſter thus with pleacht Armes, bending downe / His corrigible necke, his face ſubdu'de / To penetratiue ſhame […]
  • [T]he penetrative Sun, / His Force deep-darting to the dark Retreat / Of Vegetation, sets the steaming Power / At large […].
  • I've been in a relationship for nearly a year and we have an amazing sex life as is, but we've never managed penetrative sex.

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