"jism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɪzəm/ Audio: En-au-jism.ogg [Australia] Forms: jisms [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪzəm Etymology: Originally US English; first attested with the meaning “energy” in 1842, and with the meaning “semen” in c.1888. For semantic development, compare spunk. Perhaps ultimately from British dialect chism, chissom (“a shoot, sprout, sprig”). Unlikely to be related to Arabic جِسْم (jism, “body”) (or its Hindi derivative जिस्म (jisma)). Etymology templates: {{m|en|spunk}} spunk, {{m|en|chism}} chism, {{m|en|chissom|t=a shoot, sprout, sprig}} chissom (“a shoot, sprout, sprig”), {{m|ar|جِسْم||body}} جِسْم (jism, “body”), {{m|hi|जिस्म}} जिस्म (jisma) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} jism (countable and uncountable, plural jisms)
  1. Spirit or energy. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-jism-en-noun-ecbbs~C0
  2. (vulgar, slang) Semen. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar
    Sense id: en-jism-en-noun-QrGgcU0K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gism, jiz, jizz, jizzum, jissom

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