intromission
/ˌɪn.tɹəˈmɪʃ.ən/
intromission noun: the state of being allowed to enter; admittance.
Noun
intromission (countable and uncountable, plural intromissions)
- The state of being allowed to enter; admittance
- The act of allowing to enter; admission
- Putting one thing into another; introduction (into); insertion
- "Your father has told me all about it. Did you ever hear of anything so ridiculous?"
"All about what?—all about what?" said Delia, whose attempt to represent happy ignorance seemed likely to be spoiled by an intromission of ferocity. She might succeed in appearing ignorant, but she could scarcely...1888, Henry James, The Reverberator, Macmillan and Co.
- "Your father has told me all about it. Did you ever hear of anything so ridiculous?"
- Copulation: usually the first moment of initial entry of a penis into a vagina, mouth or anus.
- An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority.
intromission meaning in Tamil
intromission in Tamil
- உட்புகுத்தல், உட்புகவிடுதல், உட்செலுத்தல்
Forms of intromission
| plural | intromissions |
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Origin of intromission
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”).
Words formed from intromission
Words that rhyme with intromission
- partition
- position
- proposition
- transition
- mission
- condition
- commission
- transmission
- addition
- admission
- attrition
- expedition
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- remission
- rendition
- exhibition
- submission
- ignition
- inhibition
- inquisition
- magician
- omission
- suspicion
- tradition
- dentition
- edition
- patrician
- politician
- tuition
- acquisition
- circumposition
- decommission
- fission
- nutrition
- perdition
- permission
- phonetician
- prohibition
- superposition
- volition
- academician
- aesthetician
- Apician
- clinician
- coalition
- disquisition
- emission
- fruition
- Galician
- on a mission
- optician
- postposition
- premonition
- recommission
- retransition
- sedition
- superstition
- titian
- abligurition
- admonition
- adposition
Questions about intromission
- What does intromission mean?
- Intromission means the state of being allowed to enter; admittance.
- What is intromission in Tamil?
- Intromission in Tamil is உட்புகுத்தல், உட்புகவிடுதல், உட்செலுத்தல். See Intromission meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is intromission?
- Intromission is a noun.
- How do you pronounce intromission?
- Intromission is pronounced /ˌɪn.tɹəˈmɪʃ.ən/.
- What is the plural of intromission?
- The plural of intromission is intromissions.
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