Orgasm \Or"gasm\, n. [F. orgasme; cf. Gr. ? a kneading, softening, prob. confused with ? to swell, espicially with lust; to feel an ardent desire.]

(Physiol.) Eager or immoderate excitement or action; the state of turgescence of any organ; erethism; esp., the height of venereal excitement in sexual intercourse.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)