[NewMusic] MANUSTRUPATION Farm

[Matthew Goodheart]

 From the OED:

manustupration, n.

rare. Now hist. and arch.
[Alteration of MASTUPRATION n. after classical Latin manus hand (see  
MANUS n.1), founded on the proposed etymology < man{umac} +  
stupr{amac}re STUPRATE v. (see MASTURBATE v.). Cf. French  
manustupration (1771); R. Dunglison (1848 Med. Lex. 525/2) and J.  
Copland (1858 Dict. Pract. Med. III. 485/1) record also post-classical  
Latin manustupratio.]

  Masturbation.

1728 E. CHAMBERS Cycl. 78/2 Fornication... Its Species are,..that  
comitted by Persons on themselves, Manustupration. 1858 J. COPLAND  
Dict. Pract. Med. III. 441/2 The disease [sc. nymphomania] originated  
in manustupration acquired from a native Indian nurse, when the child  
was only four years old. 1921 Jrnl. Philos. 18 625 The pervert performs  
manustupration. 1993 ELH 60 254 Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century  
writers tended to rely on the..etymology: from manual stupration to  
manustupration to mastupration.rare. Now hist. and arch.





On Mar 1, 2007, at 11:36 PM, George Cremaschi wrote:

>
> Mr Brinkley wrote:
>
>> arguably manustuprative musicians
>
> Manustuprative? Is that a word?
>
> -George
>
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