🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

रतिपूर्व क्रीड़ा

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ratipurva krida

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Foreplay/ˈfɔːr.pleɪ/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"अंतरंगता बढ़ाने के लिए रतिपूर्व क्रीड़ा आवश्यक है।"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Sexual activity engaged in before intercourse, typically involving touching, kissing, and petting to arouse excitement.

    "Adequate foreplay is essential for mutual satisfaction and physical arousal."
  2. 2

    Preparatory action or preamble leading up to a main event or activity.

    "The lengthy introductions at the conference felt like unnecessary foreplay before the actual debate."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a compound formed from the prefix 'fore-' (meaning before or in advance) and the noun 'play' (in the sense of amusement or action). Emerging in the early 20th century, it shifted from a theatrical or general preparatory sense into a specific clinical and psychological term referring to sexual activities preceding intercourse.

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