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

Of or relating to having sex, sexual acts and sexual reproduction.

Giving oral sex is my favorite sexual act.
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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

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