Foreplay

/ˈfɔrpleɪ/ noun

Kissing and touching between partners before sexual intercourse, designed to create excitement and readiness.

Compound of 'fore-' (before, Old English 'for') and 'play' (Old English 'plegian'). The term is a 20th-century creation in English, though the concept is ancient.

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