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homocurious

homocurious adjective: questioning whether someone is homosexual.

Adjective

homocurious (comparative more homocurious, superlative most homocurious)

  1. Questioning whether someone is homosexual.
    • Yes, I am the subject of homocurious speculation because of my association with Tommy "the gay" Knutson.2008, Lauren McLaughlin, Cycler, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 132
    • Unfamiliar heads popped in and out, sometimes with some excuse to check on us, sometimes without. Not homophobia but a kind of homocurious buzz was swirling around us, turning us into objects of gossip but also of generosity and attention.2015, Joshua Gamson, “My New Kentucky Baby”, in Modern Families: Stories of Extraordinary Journeys to Kinship, New York, N.Y.; London: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 164

Forms of homocurious

comparativemore homocurious
superlativemost homocurious

Origin of homocurious

From homo- (“pertaining to homosexuals or homosexuality”) + curious.

Questions about homocurious

What does homocurious mean?
Homocurious means questioning whether someone is homosexual.
What part of speech is homocurious?
Homocurious is an adjective.

Words near homocurious in the dictionary

  1. homocoupling
  2. homocouplings
  3. homocrat
  4. homocrats
  5. homoculture
  6. homocurious
  7. homocycle
  8. homocycles
  9. homocyclic
  10. homocysteic
  11. homocysteinase

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