intercourse
in·ter·course
noun \ˈin-tər-ˌkȯrs\Definition of INTERCOURSE
1
: connection or dealings between persons or groups
2
: exchange especially of thoughts or feelings : communion
3
: physical sexual contact between individuals that involves the genitalia of at least one person <anal intercourse> <oral intercourse>; especially : sexual intercourse 1 <heterosexual intercourse>
See Examples of INTERCOURSE
- the unspoken rules of social intercourse
- <the niceties of social intercourse are lost on that nerd>
Origin of INTERCOURSE
Middle English intercurse, probably from Middle French entrecours, from Medieval Latin intercursus, from Latin, act of running between, from intercurrere to run between, from inter- + currere to run — more at car
First Known Use: 15th century
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