Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To ejaculate. · To ejaculate on or into.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon. · Semen; the generative substance of male animals. · Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.
From Middle English sperme, from Latin sperma, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”). Compare also Old French esperme, sparme.
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