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Synonyms for bisexual

Grammar : Adj
Spell : bahy-sek-shoo-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : baɪˈsɛk ʃu əl

Définition of bisexual

Origin :
  • 1824, "having both sexes in one being, hermaphroditic," from bi- + sexual. Meaning "attracted to both sexes" is from 1914; the noun in this sense is attested from 1922. Not in general use until 1950s. Noun is recorded from 1922. Ambisexual was suggested 1924 in this sense but never caught on.
  • adj having relations with either gender
Example sentences :
  • The fourth glume is coriaceous, lanceolate, bisexual or female.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses » by Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
  • The fourth glume is coriaceous, with a bisexual or female flower.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses » by Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
  • The flowers of this order are bisexual, with six stamens and a six-parted perianth.
  • Extract from : « The Sea Shore » by William S. Furneaux
  • Naiadace—Aquatic herbs with inconspicuous, unisexual or bisexual flowers.
  • Extract from : « The Sea Shore » by William S. Furneaux
  • Liliace—Herbs with narrow leaves and showy, bisexual flowers.
  • Extract from : « The Sea Shore » by William S. Furneaux
  • This would seem to indicate that the bisexual may really be inverts.
  • Extract from : « Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6) » by Havelock Ellis
  • The whole pantheism of the Vedanta is contained in the symbol of the bisexual deity Ardhanari.
  • Extract from : « From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan » by Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky
  • I have lately got a bisexual cirripede, the male being microscopically small and parasitic within the sack of the female.
  • Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin
  • Each worm is bisexual or hermaphrodite, on which account they multiply with great rapidity.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Sheep: » by Ambrose Blacklock
  • But the assertions of her bisexual character are distinct, even if the "beard" be discarded.
  • Extract from : « Introduction to the History of Religions » by Crawford Howell Toy

Antonyms for bisexual

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