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varietist

varietist adjective: of, relating to, or practicing sexual varietism.

Adjective

varietist (comparative more varietist, superlative most varietist)

  1. (obsolete) Of, relating to, or practicing sexual varietism.
    • We would call it today an "open marriage", at once permissive and varietist1973 November 9, Max Lerner, “Marriage: What's in That Name?”, in The Iowa Press-Citizen

Noun

varietist (plural varietists)

  1. (obsolete) A person who is nonmonogamous.
    • In her periodical, Woodhull stated that her proposition was to "advocate sexual freedom for all people - freedom for the monogamist to practice monogamy, for the varietist to be a varietist still.".2015 March 23, David S. D'Amato, Free Love: Victoria Woohhull, Libertarianism.orghttp://www.libertarianism.org/columns/free-love-victoria-woodhull

Forms of varietist

Adjective
comparativemore varietist
superlativemost varietist
Noun
pluralvarietists

Origin of varietist

From variety + -ist.

Questions about varietist

What does varietist mean?
Varietist means of, relating to, or practicing sexual varietism.
What part of speech is varietist?
Varietist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near varietist in the dictionary

  1. varieth
  2. varietie
  3. varieties
  4. varieties of algebras
  5. varietism
  6. varietist
  7. varietists
  8. varietize
  9. varietized
  10. varietizes
  11. varietizing

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