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urning
/ ˈɜːnɪŋ /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of urning1
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Example Sentences
But ought this excess of nervous erethism to be referred necessarily to the peculiar nature of the Urning?
Ulrichs maintains that the body of an Urning is masculine, his soul feminine, so far as sex is concerned.
Ulrichs explained it by the presence of a feminine soul in a male body, and gave the name Urning to its subjects.
Broadly speaking, the male includes two main species: Dioning and Urning, men with normal and men with abnormal instincts.
But such consequences have nothing in themselves to do with the sexual inversion proper to the Urning.
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