English Explanatory Dictionary

anal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.
Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy (usually in an egosyntonic way), supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.
Of tasks, questions, subject matter, etc., obsessively fussy or precise.
Of a vein, proximate to the thorax.

noun

Any of the anal scales of a reptile.
Anal sex.

verb

To penetrate anally.

name

An ethnic group found in Manipur in India, and in Burma/Myanmar, closely related to the Kuki people.
The Northern Kukish (Sino-Tibetan) language spoken by these people, sometimes called Namfau after the two largest villages it is spoken in.

noun

An individual member of that ethnic group.

Pronunciation

/ˈeɪ.nəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-anal.wav /ə.nʌl/

Word forms

anal more anal most anal anals analing analling analed analled Anāl

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānālis. By surface analysis, anus + -al. Psychological sense shortened from anal-retentive.

Synonyms

Related words

anus oral Wiktionary’s coverage of Anāl terms

Derived words

abanal adanal anal beads anal cleft anal-erotic anal-expulsive anal expulsive anal fin anal fissure anal fistula anal gland anal glaucoma anal hook anal intercourse anality analize anally anal plug anal pore anal retentive anal-retentive anal-retentiveness anal sac anal sadism anal sadist anal-sadistic anal sex anal sphincter anal vein anal vore analward anilingus circumanal coloanal endoanal genitoanal ileoanal ischioanal oroanal painal paranal perianal postanal preanal pre-anal puboanal rectoanal subanal supraanal suranal transanal ventrianal vesicoanal

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