sexual

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective of or relating to or characterized by sexuality
  2. adjective having or involving sex
  3. adjective involved in a sexual relationship

Etymology

From Latin sexuālis, from sexus (“sex”), equivalent to sex + -ual. By surface analysis, sex- + -u- + -al.

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