sexual

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   involved in a sexual relationship

   the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife

2. 2
   adj

   having or involving sex

   sexual reproduction

3. 3
   adj

   of or relating to or characterized by sexuality

   sexual orientation

4. 4
   adj

   Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes.

   Women face sexual discrimination in the workplace.

5. 5
   adj

   Pertaining to sexual intercourse or other intimate physical contact.

   Giving oral sex is my favorite sexual act.

6. 6
   adj

   Characterised by sexual feelings or behaviour; possessing sexuality.

   She's a very sexual woman.

7. 7
   adj

   Pertaining to sexuality as a cultural phenomenon; relating to sexual behaviour or conduct.

   a sexual innuendo

8. 8
   adj

   Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual.

   […] “You know, there are asexuals with sexual partners.” His ears flicked, and he grinned. “There's things both of us can try to do[…]”

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séksusder. Proto-Italic *seksus Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual From Latin sexuālis, from sexus (“sex”), equivalent to sex + -ual. By surface analysis, sex- + -u- + -al.