"plurisexual" meaning in English

See plurisexual in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: pluri- + sexual, by analogy with monosexual. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pluri|sexual}} pluri- + sexual, {{m|en|monosexual}} monosexual Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} plurisexual (not comparable)
  1. Sexually attracted to members of multiple sexes. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-plurisexual-en-adj-j8slLr4r Categories (other): English terms prefixed with pluri- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pluri-: 49 51

Noun

Forms: plurisexuals [plural]
Etymology: pluri- + sexual, by analogy with monosexual. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pluri|sexual}} pluri- + sexual, {{m|en|monosexual}} monosexual Head templates: {{en-noun}} plurisexual (plural plurisexuals)
  1. A plurisexual person. Categories (topical): Sexual orientations Hyponyms: bisexual, pansexual, queer Derived forms: plurisexuality
    Sense id: en-plurisexual-en-noun-8aUVX8p~ Disambiguation of Sexual orientations: 8 92 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with pluri- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pluri-: 49 51 Related terms: sexual orientation [sexual-orientations, sexuality, lifestyle], asexual (alt: -ity, ace), bisexual (alt: -ity, bi), demisexual (alt: -ity, demi), graysexual (alt: -ity), heterosexual (alt: -ity, straight), homosexual (alt: -ity, gay, lesbian), omnisexual (alt: -ity), pansexual (alt: -ity, pan), polysexual (alt: -ity), robosexual (alt: -ity), sapiosexual (alt: -ity), androsexual (alt: -ity), gynesexual (alt: -ity), vegansexual (alt: -ity), multisexual, polysexual

Inflected forms

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