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masturbative

masturbative adjective: pertaining to masturbation; masturbatory.

Adjective

masturbative (comparative more masturbative, superlative most masturbative)

  1. (rare) Pertaining to masturbation; masturbatory.
    • The excitement led to a masturbative [translating masturbatorisch] act (frictio femorum).1922, Beatrice M. Hinkle, translating CG Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., p. 87
    • This war has all the masturbative qualities of a combat between hopeless recidivists.1947, Henry Miller, Remember to Remember

Forms of masturbative

comparativemore masturbative
superlativemost masturbative

Origin of masturbative

From masturbat(e) + -ive.

Questions about masturbative

What does masturbative mean?
Masturbative means pertaining to masturbation; masturbatory.
What part of speech is masturbative?
Masturbative is an adjective.

Words near masturbative in the dictionary

  1. masturbationism
  2. masturbationist
  3. masturbationists
  4. masturbationlike
  5. masturbations
  6. masturbative
  7. masturbator
  8. masturbatoria
  9. masturbatorily
  10. masturbatorium
  11. masturbatoriums

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