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copulable

copulable adjective: able to be sexually penetrated; available as a target for copulation.

Adjective

copulable (comparative more copulable, superlative most copulable)

  1. Able to be sexually penetrated; available as a target for copulation.
    • Here damn is also presented as a play on the word dam, that is, a copulable female.2001, Ashley Montagu, The Anatomy of Swearing, page 138
    • The prominent American anthropologist Donald Symons endorses these 'new' theories. For over two decades he too has promoted the 'Darwinian truth' that the human female, just by existing, and being 'continuously copulable', triggers in every passing male the desire to pursue 'easy, anonymous...2001, Radical Philosophy - Issues 105-110, page 34
  2. (broadly) Able to engage in sexual reproduction.
    • Those which produce copulable copulants in one individual are designated as monoecious, while those in which copulable copulants must come from different individuals are considered dioecious.1929 September, George K. K. Link, “Reproduction in Thallophytes, with special reference to fungi”, in The Botanical Gazette, volume 88, number 1

Noun

copulable

  1. A copulant.
    • But the copula is related to the copulable, so the copula itself cannot be the abstractest representation2013, O.K. Wiegand, Robert J. Dostal, Lester Embree, Phenomenology on Kant, German Idealism, Hermeneutics and Logic, page 277

Examples of copulable in a sentence

  • Many female primates (including women) are considered to be "continuously copulable," meaning that copulation can take place anytime, not just at certain points in the estrus cycle.2002, Paul R. Abramson, Steven D. Pinkerton, With Pleasure: Thoughts on the Nature of Human Sexuality, page 109:
  • Beach goes on to say, "Although human females are not continuously 'sexually receptive,' they are continuously 'copulable'; and their sexual arousability does not depend on ovarian hormones.2015, David M. Buss, The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, Volume 1: Foundation, page 404:

Forms of copulable

comparativemore copulable
superlativemost copulable

Origin of copulable

From copulate + -able.

Words formed from copulable

Questions about copulable

What does copulable mean?
Copulable means able to be sexually penetrated; available as a target for copulation.
How do you use copulable in a sentence?
Many female primates (including women) are considered to be "continuously copulable," meaning that copulation can take place anytime, not just at certain points in the estrus cycle.
What part of speech is copulable?
Copulable can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near copulable in the dictionary

  1. copublishers
  2. copublishes
  3. copublishing
  4. copula
  5. copulability
  6. copulable
  7. copulae
  8. copulant
  9. copulants
  10. copular
  11. copular verb

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