# lesbianate

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To engage in lesbian sex.

## Etymology
From lesbian + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Apparently coined in 1967 by Governor of Gibraltar Gerald Lathbury as a nonce word to rhyme with fifty-eight in a poem regarding the breeding of Barbary macaques in Gibraltar.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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