ipsation

noun

Etymology

From Latin ipse (“self”).

  1. derived from ipse — “self

Definitions

  1. Solitary masturbation.

    • Were this young boy a member of some primitive tribe he probably would find no need for ipsation, because at fifteen he would have found a sexual partner already and would be practising normal sexual intercourse with her.
    • At age of 10 he was initiated into ipsation after mutual inspection of a little girl but this was an isolated instance; he was only interested from a distance.
    • In former times the dangers of ipsation were as much exaggerated as they have in recent times been underestimated. In the literature of modern medicine it is almost without exception considered an innocent action of compensation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ipsation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA