Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Great effort or endeavor; specifically, in physiology, extraordinary effort made in the performance of any function: as, the menstrual molimen.

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  • "Fecisti quod quædam mulieres solent, quoddam molimen, aut machinamentum in modum virilis membri ad mensuram tuæ voluptatis, et illud loco verendorum tuorum aut alterius cum aliquibus ligaturis, ut fornicationem faceres cum aliis mulieribus, vel alia eodem instrumento, sive alio tecum?"

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