Postcoital
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Postcoital is an adjective meaning Occurring after, or as a consequence of, sex.
Meaning
Occurring after, or as a consequence of, sex.
Example Sentences
The patient suffered from postcoital malaise.
Post-coital tristesse, like post-coital jouissance, is known only to the human animal and occurs as orgasm most often signals the end of immediate sexual excitement, if not the end of the pursuit of further sexual pleasure.
The most suspenseful Sex Box ever got was when Frostrup rushed up to the couples as they emerged from the box and attempted to interview them with all the peppy urgency of Erin Andrews at the Super Bowl, and you had to wonder whether the poor, blindsided, post-coital people would be able to do anything more than stare at the camera in abject horror.
Word Forms
- post-coital
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include contraception, douching, postsex, postcoitum, precoital, postcopulatory.
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