Perisexual

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Related to sex or sex-seeking, without being explicitly sexual. not-comparable

    "Ritual beatings were his first perisexual experiences, and they are vividly and enthusiastically remembered and described in his letters."

Example

More examples

"Ritual beatings were his first perisexual experiences, and they are vividly and enthusiastically remembered and described in his letters."

Etymology

From peri- + sexual.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.