Sexual Definition

sĕksho͝o-əl
adjective
Of, characteristic of, or involving sex, the sexes, the organs of sex and their functions, or the instincts, drives, behavior, etc. associated with sex.
Webster's New World
Having sex.
Webster's New World
Designating or of reproduction involving the fertilization of a female gamete by a male gamete.
Webster's New World
Able to reproduce in this way; fertile.
American Heritage Medicine
The definition of sexual is a person or thing relating to sex.
An example of sexual is a woman wearing revealing lingerie for her husband; dressing in a sexual way.
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noun
(biology) A species which reproduces by sexual rather than asexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.
Wiktionary

(LGBT) A person who experiences sexual attraction, a person who has interest in or desire for sex (especially as contrasted with an asexual).

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Origin of Sexual

  • From Latin sexuālis, from sexus (“sex"); see sex.

    From Wiktionary

  • Late Latin sexuālis from Latin sexus sex

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sexual Sentence Examples

  • Oh, I don't mean that in a sexual way.

  • As a matter of fact, it had been sexual tension then as well.

  • He stalked to the door, sexual frustration and anger in his blood again.

  • She tried hard to pretend she didn't feel the sexual tension between them.

  • But what Lydia suggested he was up to was the worst kind of criminal sexual harassment.

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Words Starting With

SSESEX

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LALUAL

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