libido

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Sexual urges or drives.
Drives or mental energies related to or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.
Synonym of albedo in terms of a planet's, such as that of Mars, average surface spectral reflectivity.

name

/lɪˈbiː.dəʊ/ /ləˈbi.doʊ/ /lɪˈ-/ En-us-libido.ogg

libido libidos

Learned borrowing from Latin libīdō (“lust, desire”). Used originally in psychoanalytic contexts.

horniness albedo in terms of a planet's such as that of Mars average surface spectral reflectivity

frigidity destrudo mortido

libido dominandi nymphomaniac hypersexuality masturbator Wiktionary’s coverage of Libido terms

antilibido libidinize libidoless non-libidoist

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