sexual
[sek-shoo-uh l or, esp. British, seks-yoo-]
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Origin of sexual
-sexual
- a combining form extracted from homosexual and heterosexual, used to describe a person's sexual orientation, identity, or preferences:pansexual;polysexual.
- a combining form extracted from metrosexual, used to describe a person's lifestyle, appearance, or way of dressing with regard to attracting or choosing a romantic partner:vegansexual;lumbersexual.
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Contemporary Examples
But he, like many people using dating apps whatever their sexual identity, remains stoutly positive.
Yeah, the “Giant man-puppy” that is Gronkowski won't hold a sexual candle to the blue-eyed dreamboat.
Early on, the sexual protagonist complains that her Molson-drinking husband is pretty much an incompetent Neanderthal.
It is not only clerics and Islamic ideologues who use offensive words and images to describe the sexual life of Westerners.
50 Shades of Iran: The Mullahs’ Kinky Fantasies about Sex in the WestIranWire, Shima Sharabi
January 1, 2015
The father, Jean Paul Kruse, was later charged with rape and sexual abuse.
Historical Examples
It was social inequality which gave rise to sexual vices as to all the other vices.
FreelandTheodor Hertzka
What result will her freedom have on the sexual relationships?
The Truth About WomanC. Gasquoine Hartley
Woman is the predominant partner in the sexual relationship.
The Truth About WomanC. Gasquoine Hartley
It is in the sexual passions we must seek the origins of all social growth.
The Truth About WomanC. Gasquoine Hartley
She is also much more constant than man from the sexual point of view.
The Sexual QuestionAugust Forel
sexual
- of, relating to, or characterized by sex or sexuality
- (of reproduction) characterized by the union of male and female gametesCompare asexual (def. 2)
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Word Origin
C17: from Late Latin sexuālis; see sex
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Word Origin and History for sexual
adj.
1650s, "of or pertaining to the fact of being male or female," from Late Latin sexualis "relating to sex," from Latin sexus (see sex (n.)). Meaning "pertaining to copulation or generation" is from 1766; sexual intercourse attested by 1778; sexual orientation by 1967; sexual harassment by 1975. Sexual revolution attested by 1962. Sexual politics is from 1970. Related: Sexually.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
sexual
(sĕk′shōō-əl)- Of, relating to, involving, or characteristic of sex, sexuality, the sexes, or the sex organs and their functions.
- Implying or symbolizing erotic desires or activity.
- Of, relating to, or involving the union of male and female gametes.
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