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groinal

groinal adjective: pertaining to the groin.

Adjective

groinal (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Pertaining to the groin.
    • Footwear which tried to make you take steps twenty-one miles long imposed unfortunate groinal strains...1998, Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times
    • Chris thought of the speech pathologist, Jennifer, with pique and vague groinal stirrings.2003, Matthew Sharpe, The Sleeping Father
    Synonyms:
    crotchal, inguinal

Synonyms of groinal

Origin of groinal

From groin + -al.

Questions about groinal

What does groinal mean?
Groinal means pertaining to the groin.
What part of speech is groinal?
Groinal is an adjective.

Words near groinal in the dictionary

  1. groin field
  2. groin fields
  3. groin ringworm
  4. groin vault
  5. groin vaults
  6. groinal
  7. groined
  8. groined vault
  9. groined vaults
  10. groinfield
  11. groinfields

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