Anal

//ˈeɪ.nəl// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus. not-comparable

    "anal thermometer"

  2. 2
    Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.
  3. 3
    Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy (usually in an egosyntonic way), supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage. also, informal, vulgar

    "Please don't touch his furniture, as he can get very anal about things like that."

  4. 4
    Of tasks, questions, subject matter, etc., obsessively fussy or precise. informal, vulgar

    "This questionnaire goes into the most ridiculous amount of detail. It's totally anal."

  5. 5
    Of a vein, proximate to the thorax.
Adjective
  1. 1
    a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc. wordnet
  2. 2
    of or related to the anus wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An ethnic group found in Manipur in India, and in Burma/Myanmar, closely related to the Kuki people.
  2. 2
    The Northern Kukish (Sino-Tibetan) language spoken by these people, sometimes called Namfau after the two largest villages it is spoken in.
Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the anal scales of a reptile. countable
  2. 2
    An individual member of that ethnic group.
  3. 3
    Anal sex. informal, uncountable

    "In the right mood, I'll accept anal."

Verb
  1. 1
    To penetrate anally. rare, slang, transitive

    "The man with the small cock analed the hot chick."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ānālis. By surface analysis, anus + -al. Psychological sense shortened from anal-retentive.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin ānālis. By surface analysis, anus + -al. Psychological sense shortened from anal-retentive.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin ānālis. By surface analysis, anus + -al. Psychological sense shortened from anal-retentive.

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