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anilingus

/ˌeɪ.nɪˈlɪŋ.ɡəs/

anilingus noun: performance of oral sex upon the anus.

Noun

anilingus (uncountable)

  1. Performance of oral sex upon the anus.

anilingus meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Vietnamese

anilingus in Tamil

நக்குவோர், வாயால் செயல் பரிவோர்

anilingus in Arabic

oral stimulation of the anus
جِنْس شَرَجِيّ-فَمَوِيّ jins šarajiyy-famawiyy

anilingus in Vietnamese

oral stimulation of the anus
cách liếm đít

Synonyms of anilingus

All synonyms of anilingus

Forms of anilingus

alternative formanalingus
alternative form (rare)anilinctus

Origin of anilingus

Allegedly coined by sexologist Richard von Krafft-Ebing who had already used cunnilingus in such a sense of denoting the practice instead of its actor and spread by the tenth edition of Psychopathia sexualis of 1898 (English edition page 185, German edition page 124, referencing a description of his in Centralblatt für die Krankheiten der Harn- und Sexual-Organe Vol. VI of 1895 pages 355–357). However that usage of this word is just one incidental one and such an attribution may be transferred from the observation of other sexological terms having spread by Krafft-Ebing’s book. Likely independently coined at various occasions by analogy to more frequently known cunnilingus, that is a translingual blend of anus + cunnilingus.

Words formed from anilingus

Questions about anilingus

What does anilingus mean?
Anilingus means performance of oral sex upon the anus.
What is anilingus in Tamil?
Anilingus in Tamil is நக்குவோர், வாயால் செயல் பரிவோர். See Anilingus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anilingus?
Anilingus is a noun.
How do you pronounce anilingus?
Anilingus is pronounced /ˌeɪ.nɪˈlɪŋ.ɡəs/ (US).

Words near anilingus in the dictionary

  1. anilines
  2. anilingual
  3. anilinguist
  4. anilinguistic
  5. anilinguists
  6. anilingus
  7. anilinic
  8. anilinism
  9. anilinium
  10. aniliniums
  11. anilino

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anilingus (page history and authors); anilingus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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