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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective sexual has 3 senses
- sexual(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to or characterized by sexuality; "sexual orientation"; "sexual distinctions" Derived form noun sexuality1
- sexual(a = adj.all) Array - having or involving sex; "sexual reproduction"; "sexual spores" Antonym: asexual
- sexual(s = adj.all) intimate - involved in a sexual relationship; "the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife"; "she had been intimate with many men"; "he touched her intimate parts"
Derived form noun sex1
CIDE DICTIONARY
sexual, a. [L. sexualis, fr. sexus sex: cf. F. sexuel.].
Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive genital organs of the sexes; proceeding from, or based upon, sex; as, sexual characteristics; sexual intercourse, connection, or commerce; sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexual generation. [1913 Webster]
"In these cases, therefore, natural selection seems to have acted independently of sexual selection."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
sexual, adj.
1 of or relating to sex, or to the sexes or the relations between them.
2 Bot. (of classification) based on the distinction of sexes in plants.
3 Biol. having a sex.
1 of or relating to sex, or to the sexes or the relations between them.
2 Bot. (of classification) based on the distinction of sexes in plants.
3 Biol. having a sex.
Idiom
sexual intercourse the insertion of a man's erect penis into a woman's vagina, usu. followed by the ejaculation of semen.
Derivative
sexuality n. sexually adv.
Etymology
LL sexualis (as SEX)
THESAURUS
sexual
amative, amatory, amorous, animal, aphrodisiomaniacal, ardent, bawdy, bodily, caressive, carnal, clitoromaniacal, concupiscent, coquettish, coy, desirous, dirty, earthy, erogenic, erogenous, erotic, eroticomaniacal, erotogenic, erotomaniacal, fleshly, flirtatious, flirty, gametic, gamic, genital, goatish, gynecomaniacal, heterosexual, horny, hot, hysteromaniacal, impassioned, ithyphallic, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinal, libidinous, lickerish, loverlike, loverly, lubricious, lustful, nuptial, nymphomaniacal, obscene, oversexed, passionate, physical, potent, priapic, procreant, procreative, propagative, prurient, randy, reproductive, salacious, satyric, seminal, sensual, sensuous, sex, sexed, sexlike, sexy, spermatic, spermatozoal, spermatozoan, spermatozoic, spermic, sporal, sporogenous, sporoid, sporous, straight, undersexed, venereal, voluptuousROGET THESAURUS
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Sexuality
N sex, sexuality, gender, male, masculinity, maleness, female, femininity, sexual intercourse, copulation, mating, coitus, sex, lovemaking, marital relations, sexual union, sleeping together, carnal knowledge, sex instinct, sex drive, libido, lust, concupiscence, hots, horns, arousal, heat, rut, estrus, oestrus, tumescence, erection, hard-on, boner, masturbation, self-gratification, autoeroticism, onanism, self- abuse, orgasm, climax, ejaculation, sexiness, attractiveness, sensuality, voluptuousness, fornication, adultery, sex symbol, sex goddess, stud, hunk, one-night stand, pornography, porn, porno, hardcore pornography, softcore pornography, pin-up, cheesecake, beefcake, Playboy, Esquire, Hustler, perversion, deviation, sexual abnormality, fetish, fetishism, homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, sodomy, buggery, pederasty, sadism, masochism, sado-masochism, incest, sexy, erotic, sexual, carnal, sensual, hot, horny, randy, rutting, passionate, lusty, hot-blooded, libidinous, up, in the mood, homosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual.
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