Is there a single word that refers to a vagina secreting lubricant in response to sexual arousal?

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I'm seeking a single word. An analogue is "salivate" which is what someone sometimes does when they experience hunger and refers to the mouth secreting liquid.

"Elsa was hungry and began salivating"
"Elsa was horny and began _________"

I'm looking for a word where the person is the subject, not the vulva. A mouth waters but a person salivates-- I am seeking the "salivate" analogue.

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This is the best I've found so far, but "Elsa started sweating" is very likely to be misinterpreted.

A woman’s vagina usually begins to lubricate shortly after stimulation— what looks like beads of sweat form all over the vaginal walls; this is sometimes called vaginal sweating. Just below the vaginal opening are the ducts that connect to the vulvovaginal glands, which secrete a few drops of thick fluid that contribute, along with the sweating of the vagina, to the lubrication of the vaginal opening.

Kerner, Ian (2009-10-13). She Comes First: The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman (Kerner) (Kindle Locations 816-819). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition.

anongoodnurse · Accepted Answer

There is no physiological term for this phenomenon. If you don't believe me, please read this.

Salivation is an active process, as is lacrimation. Rhinorrhea (a runny nose) has no active verb either; the nose isn't mucorating, rhinorunning, or anything else. There is excess mucous production and gravity does the rest.

Similarly, the vasodilation and subsequent transudation of fluids in the vagina has no active verb. Nor does the tumescence of the penis (it's not "erecting".)**

There are slang words for these processes, but they are not akin to "salivation."

There aren't single words for everything under the sun.

Edited to add I was wrong. Tumesce is a verb. HT to @Frank.

Bret · Answer

"Lubricating" seems quite understandable in context.  Better than "Sweating".

PCARR · Answer

OK I'm gonna go right in and answer this for you:

She began glistening.

myol · Answer

Elsa was horny and became wet

If you can change the verb to "became", then this is probably the most 'tasteful' way to specify female sexual arousal in this sense. The first adjective eliminates any ambiguity.

I feel it is the most widely used present-day expression, found in almost all mediums - from novels to film. Given the presented sentence structures and limited context, I believe this may be more in line with what you are looking for.

Malvolio · Answer

I'm going to go with the Urban Dictionary suggestion, which is grool.

Technically, grool is a noun, but despite what Calvin says, I think you can use it as a verb.

Parthian Shot · Answer

Cream.

to have an orgasm, especially to ejaculate or experience glandular lubrication of the vagina

...I can't believe it's not butter I just helped answer this...

z. aiuuar · Answer

The verb phrase "became wet" though is a stative passive, which indicates state rather than action. (Also salivating and sweating are no more active processes than say.. hardening or moistening... and certainly less so than lacrimating. And all describe involuntary physiological responses to some stimulus)

Unfortunately, I don't know any canonical phrase for the active form.. but possibly this will be of interest:

pegspot.blogspot.com/2006/04/discharge-by-any-other-name.html?m=1

Kind of I like the idea of using libate..

"Elsa was horny and began libating" ???

(The word labiate, though is an adjective already.means "having lips", labi coming from latin labium (lip) so using the suffix -ate as a verb form just sounds like "to lip" as in to engage with the lips, or to furnish something with lips...  which, to me at least, makes no sense. But then I'm not in charge of English...)

Laura · Answer

I know this is an old thread, but I recently discovered a french word which describes exactly what english fails:
Cyprine.

Porthos · Answer

If the process can be called “transudation of fluids,” why can’t you say a woman is transudating? “Transudate” is a legitimate verb.

Is there a single word that refers to a vagina secreting lubricant in response to sexual arousal?

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