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sexlike

sexlike adjective: resembling sex or some aspect of it.

Adjective

sexlike (comparative more sexlike, superlative most sexlike)

  1. Resembling sex or some aspect of it.
    • Because many drugs produce a sexlike pleasure, there is a close relationship between drug taking and sex. Both sexual and drug-induced sensations command attention and condition the brain to seek repetition of the experience.1977, Hardin B. Jones, Helen C. Jones, Sensual Drugs: Deprivation and Rehabilitation of the Mind, page 111
    • Some bacteria occasionally have a sexlike process, or conjugation […]1993, Robert Wesson, Beyond natural selection

Forms of sexlike

comparativemore sexlike
superlativemost sexlike

Origin of sexlike

From sex + -like.

Questions about sexlike

What does sexlike mean?
Sexlike means resembling sex or some aspect of it.
What part of speech is sexlike?
Sexlike is an adjective.

Words near sexlike in the dictionary

  1. sexivalency
  2. sexivalent
  3. sexless
  4. sexlessly
  5. sexlessness
  6. sexlike
  7. sexlinked
  8. sexlocular
  9. sexlore
  10. sexly
  11. Sexmoan

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