anal
anal1 definition
anal (ā′nəl)
adjective
- of or near the anus
- Psychoanalysis
- designating or of the second stage of psychosexual development, in which interest centers in excretory functions
- designating or of such traits in the adult as orderliness, stinginess, and obstinacy, regarded as unconscious psychic residues of that stage
- Informal excessively or obsessively orderly, stingy, stubborn, etc.
Etymology: ModL analis < anus, anus
Related Forms:
- anally a′nal·ly adverb
anal2 definition
anal
- analogy
- analysis
- analytic
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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