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presexual

presexual adjective: not yet capable of sexual reproduction.

Adjective

presexual (not comparable)

  1. Not yet capable of sexual reproduction.
    • In fact, the only females in the novel who do not practice extreme repression in one form or another are presexual girls.2002, Anna Krugovoy Silver, Victorian Literature and the Anorexic Body, page 92
  2. Before sexual intercourse.
    • The Boomeroo Bulls were not only well and truly pissed but loving one another so much they seemed to be forever in one of their coracle-like prosexual scrums.1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 97
    • He was filled with the presexual rush of affection that felt like love […]1992, Richard Price, Clockers

Origin of presexual

From pre- + sexual.

Questions about presexual

What does presexual mean?
Presexual means not yet capable of sexual reproduction.
What part of speech is presexual?
Presexual is an adjective.

Words near presexual in the dictionary

  1. presewed
  2. presewing
  3. presewn
  4. presews
  5. presex
  6. presexual
  7. presexuality
  8. presh
  9. preshadow
  10. preshadowed
  11. preshadowing

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