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sidal

/ˈsaɪd(ə)l/

sidal adjective: of or involving a person's side (rather than the front or back).

Adjective

sidal (not comparable)

  1. (especially, humorous) Of or involving a person's side (rather than the front or back).
    • full sidal nudity
    • In television, the final refuge of Victorianism, eroticism is the great no-no. "I have coined the expression: 'At NBC, we don't show frontal, backal or sidal nudity,'" Traviesas says.1977, New Times

Origin of sidal

From side + -al, in humorous reference to frontal. Used since at least the 1970s.

Words that rhyme with sidal

Questions about sidal

What does sidal mean?
Sidal means of or involving a person's side (rather than the front or back).
What part of speech is sidal?
Sidal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sidal?
Sidal is pronounced /ˈsaɪd(ə)l/.

Words near sidal in the dictionary

  1. sicyoniids
  2. sid
  3. sid'
  4. sida
  5. Sidabi
  6. sidal
  7. sidalcea
  8. sidalceas
  9. Sidama
  10. Sidamic
  11. Sidamo

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