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sex·u·al 
[sek-shoo-uhl or, especially Brit., seks-yoo-] Pronunciation Key
[sek-shoo-uhl or, especially Brit., seks-yoo-] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | of, pertaining to, or for sex: sexual matters; sexual aids. |
| 2. | occurring between or involving the sexes: sexual relations. |
| 3. | having sexual organs or reproducing by processes involving both sexes. |
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| sex·u·al
(sěk'shōō-əl) Pronunciation Key
adj.
[Late Latin sexuālis, from Latin sexus, sex.] sex'u·al·ly adv. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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sexual
1651, "of or pertaining to the fact of being male or female," from L.L. sexualis "relating to sex," from L. sexus (see sex). Meaning "pertaining to copulation or generation" is from 1799 (in sexual intercourse). Sexuality "capability of sexual feelings" is from 1879. Sexual revolution first attested 1970 in Kate Millett.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| sexual | |
adjective | |
| 1. | of or relating to or characterized by sexuality; "sexual orientation"; "sexual distinctions" |
| 2. | having or involving sex; "sexual reproduction"; "sexual spores" [ant: asexual] |
| 3. | 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" [syn: intimate] |
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
sex'u·al·ly adv.
sexual sex·u·al (sěk'sh&oomacr;-əl)
adj.
- 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.
sex'u·al·ly adv.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Sexual
Sex"u*al\, 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. Sexual dimorphism (Biol.), the condition of having one of the sexes existing in two forms, or varieties, differing in color, size, etc., as in many species of butterflies which have two kinds of females. Sexual method (Bot.), a method of classification proposed by Linn[ae]us, founded mainly on difference in number and position of the stamens and pistils of plants. Sexual selection (Biol.), the selective preference of one sex for certain characteristics in the other, such as bright colors, musical notes, etc.; also, the selection which results from certain individuals of one sex having more opportunities of pairing with the other sex, on account of greater activity, strength, courage, etc.; applied likewise to that kind of evolution which results from such sexual preferences. --Darwin. In these cases, therefore, natural selection seems to have acted independently of sexual selection. --A. R. Wallace.
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