intromission
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The state of being allowed to enter; admittance
- (countable, uncountable) The act of allowing to enter; admission
- (countable, uncountable) Putting one thing into another; introduction (into); insertion
- (countable, uncountable) Copulation: usually the first moment of initial entry of a penis into a vagina, mouth or anus.
- (Scotland, countable, uncountable) An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority.
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Etymology
From Medieval Latin intrōmissiō, intrōmissiōn- (“introduction, admission; usurpation”), intro- (“into”) + missiō (“sending”), from Latin intrōmissus (“sent in, introduced, let in, admitted”), perfect passive participle of intrōmittō (“send in, let in”).
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