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masturbatorium

Syllables: mas·tur·ba·tor·i·um/ˌmæstɜː(ɹ)bəˈtɔːɹi.əm/

masturbatorium noun: a room in which a person masturbates; for example, a private room in a clinic where a sperm donor masturbates to produce semen.

Noun

masturbatorium (plural masturbatoriums or masturbatoria)

  1. (US, rare) A room in which a person masturbates; for example, a private room in a clinic where a sperm donor masturbates to produce semen.
    • The fact is that we are all censors, whether we operate the amnesic sedative of shock, faint from pain, deceive ourselves into thinking things are better than they are, or simply find a coherent message incomprehensible. Imagine smuggling a small child into one of Fun City’s new masturbatoria where...1971, Nancy Keesing, editor, Transition: An Australian Society of Authors Anthology, Sydney, N.S.W.: Angus & Robertson Ltd, →ISBN, pages 85–86
    • It is reported that upon deposit in the usual standard mechanical coin box, it got for its spender a few minutes of a pornographic movie, in a booth large enough to seat two (or more) people comfortably. Each of these tokens appeared in what can only be called commercial masturbatoria, and not old...1983 fall, Bartholomew Lee, “‘Brass Checks’ Return: An Excursus in Erotic Numismatics, or The Spintriae Roll Again”, in The Journal of Popular Culture, volume 17, number 2, page 145

Examples of masturbatorium in a sentence

  • I thought back to his masturbatorium, his many “wives.”2002, Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors, St. Martin's Publishing Group, published 2010, →ISBN, page 313:
  • As we ate, I told her the story of my visit to the masturbatorium, and I had her cracking up; we were laughing loudly enough to draw some stares from other tables.2014, Ben Lerner, 10:04, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 126:
  • Turek calls the “masturbatorium” has a lava lamp, framed Playboy magazines and a photo of a vintage Maserati (his own).[2018 July 25, Nellie Bowles, “The Dawning of Sperm Awareness”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms of masturbatorium

pluralmasturbatoriums
pluralmasturbatoria

Origin of masturbatorium

From masturbat(e) + -orium. Modelled after auditorium, sanatorium, etc.

Questions about masturbatorium

What does masturbatorium mean?
Masturbatorium means a room in which a person masturbates; for example, a private room in a clinic where a sperm donor masturbates to produce semen.
How do you use masturbatorium in a sentence?
I thought back to his masturbatorium, his many “wives.”
What part of speech is masturbatorium?
Masturbatorium is a noun.
How do you pronounce masturbatorium?
Masturbatorium is pronounced /ˌmæstɜː(ɹ)bəˈtɔːɹi.əm/ (US).
What is the plural of masturbatorium?
The plural of masturbatorium is masturbatoriums.

Words near masturbatorium in the dictionary

  1. masturbations
  2. masturbative
  3. masturbator
  4. masturbatoria
  5. masturbatorily
  6. masturbatorium
  7. masturbatoriums
  8. masturbators
  9. masturbatory
  10. masturbatory insanity
  11. masturbatrices

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