threesome

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈθɹiː.səm//
United States//ˈθɹi.səm//

A group of three people or things.

noun

1
A group of three people or things.
2
An instance of sexual activity involving three people.
Threesomes are huge right now. They're the blow job of the '90s.
‘Tell me everything,’ she said to Losse, and when she’d heard everything, got the colleague who kept suggesting a threesome discreetly demoted.
Being polyamorous isn't inherently wrong. Neither is desiring threesomes or kinky sex.
That’s a threesome joke about her fucking children! It was in the first season and they gave her another one!

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Germanic *þrīz Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ Old English þrī Middle English thre English three Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English threesome From three + -some.

Forms

plural: threesomes

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threesome · A group of three people or things.

threshold · The lowermost part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a…thrice · Three times.thrill · To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great…

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