sexual

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sex·ual AW BrE [ˈsekʃuəl] NAmE [ˈsekʃuəl] adjective
1. usually before noun connected with the physical activity of sex
•sexual behaviour
• They were not having a sexual relationship at the time.
• Her interest in him is purely sexual.
•sexual orientation (= whether you are ↑heterosexual or ↑homosexual )
•a sexual partner (= a person who you have sex with)
2. only before noun connected with the process of producing young
•the sexual organs (= the ↑penis, ↑vagina, etc.)
•sexual reproduction
3. usually before noun connected with the state of being male or female
•sexual characteristics
Derived Word: ↑sexually

Word Origin:
[sexual sexually] mid 17th cent.: from late Latin sexualis, from Latin sexus ‘sex’.

• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  asexual, nonsexual