spermatize

English

Alternative forms

• spermatise

Etymology

From Latin spermatizare (“to spermatize”), possibly via French spermatiser, from Ancient Greek σπερματίζειν (spermatízein, “to sow, spread seed upon”), from σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, sperm”).

Verb

1. (obsolete) To produce or emit sperm.
   • 1611, Randle Cotgrave, A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, "Spermatiser":

     ... to spermatize; to shed, eiect, or iniect sperme.

References

• "spermatize, v.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• “spermatize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.