English Explanatory Dictionary

gynesexual

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Attracted to women and/or to femininity regardless of gender.
  2. Sexually attracted to women.
  3. Sexually attracted to femininity, regardless of gender.
noun
  1. A gynesexual person or organism.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

gynesexual more gynesexual most gynesexual gynosexual gynesexuals

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn Proto-Hellenic *gʷənā Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ)lbor. English gyne- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English -sexual English gynesexual From gyne- + -sexual.

Related words

gyneromantic

Derived words

gynesexuality

Translations

Arabic: جنسيا Dutch: gyneseksueel Esperanto: inseksema French: gynesexuel
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