lesbianate

English

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.

Verb

lesbianate (third-person singular simple present lesbianates, present participle lesbianating, simple past and past participle lesbianated)

1. (rare) To engage in lesbian sex.
   • 1967, Gerald Lathbury, quotee, “Poets aped in Gibraltar monkey business”, in BBC News‎^[1]:

     So long as we have Joe
     (born at Queen's Gate in fifty-eight)
     No female ape need pine
     Or lesbianate.

   • 1987, JoAnn Loulan, Mariah Burton Nelson, Lesbian Passion: Loving Ourselves and Each Other, Aunt Lute Books, →ISBN:

     Try to figure out ways you can 'lesbianate' in public. Can you get your finger down her pants at the movie theater?

   • 2008, Red Jordan Arobateau, Leader of the Pack, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 156:

     So, a check was deposited into her bank account at the first of every month. SSI. $660, and she could write & paint and lesbianate to her hearts content, possessing enviable free time