English Explanatory Dictionary

fellatio

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Performance of oral sex upon the penis.

Pronunciation

/fəˈleɪ.ʃi.əʊ/ /fəˈleɪ.ʃi.oʊ/ en-us-fellatio.ogg

Word forms

fellatio fellatios fellation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- Latin fellō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fellātiōlbor. English fellatio Learned borrowing from Latin fellātiō, from fellātus, perfect participle of fellō (“to suck, to fellate”). The word started to appear in medical literature in the 19th century but it was still treated as Latin. In 1919, the California Supreme Court struck down a law criminalizing fellatio because the state constitution required laws to be written in English. By the late 20th century, fellatio was treated as an English word.

Synonyms

blowjob cocksucking French gobby hummer head nosh penilingus neck brain Kirk dome mouth music

Related words

fellate fellator fellatrix oral sex irrumatio irrumation sixty-nine

Derived words

autofellatio
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