Devices that shake or oscillate back and forth rapidly; used in massage, industrial applications, or other mechanical purposes.
From Latin 'vibrare,' meaning 'to shake.' The suffix '-or' indicates an agent or device that performs the action of vibrating.
The first vibrators were invented in the Victorian era as legitimate medical devices for treating 'hysteria' in women—it's wild that something now considered contraband was once prescribed by actual doctors.
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