"biromantic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more biromantic [comparative], most biromantic [superlative]
Etymology: bi- + romantic Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bi|romantic}} bi- + romantic Head templates: {{en-adj}} biromantic (comparative more biromantic, superlative most biromantic)
  1. Romantically attracted to both males and females. Categories (topical): LGBT, Love, Romantic orientations
    Sense id: en-biromantic-en-adj-XfuzQ20I Disambiguation of LGBT: 52 48 Disambiguation of Love: 46 54 Disambiguation of Romantic orientations: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with bi- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 62 38 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bi-: 55 45

Noun

Forms: biromantics [plural]
Etymology: bi- + romantic Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bi|romantic}} bi- + romantic Head templates: {{en-noun}} biromantic (plural biromantics)
  1. One who is romantically attracted to both males and females. Categories (topical): LGBT, Love, Romantic orientations Related terms: romantic orientation [romantic-orientations, sexuality, lifestyle], aromantic (alt: -ism), demiromantic (alt: -ism), heteroromantic (alt: -ism), homoromantic (alt: -ism), panromantic (alt: -ism), transromantic
    Sense id: en-biromantic-en-noun-O2-tL~IT Disambiguation of LGBT: 52 48 Disambiguation of Love: 46 54 Disambiguation of Romantic orientations: 47 53

Inflected forms

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