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Personal

//ˈpɜː.sə.nəl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).
  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals

    "personal values; personal desire"

  3. 3
    Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate.

    "personal reasons"

  4. 4
    Intended for sexual use. euphemistic

    "personal lubricant; personal massager"

  5. 5
    Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; bodily.

    "personal charms"

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  1. 6
    Done in person; without an intermediary.

    "a personal interview"

  2. 7
    Relating to an individual, their character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner

    "personal reflections or remarks"

  3. 8
    Of a noun or pronoun, having reference particular to humans and other entities having personality such as a named animal, a deity, a personification, etc.
  4. 9
    Related to grammatical first, second, etc. persons.

    "a personal pronoun"

  5. 10
    Denoting ownership.

    "one's personal vehicle, as opposed to a company vehicle"

Adjective
  1. 1
    concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality wordnet
  2. 2
    intimately concerning a person's body or physical being wordnet
  3. 3
    indicating grammatical person wordnet
  4. 4
    of or arising from personality wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An advertisement by which an individual attempts to meet others with similar interests. in-plural
  2. 2
    a short newspaper article about a particular person or group wordnet
  3. 3
    One's own property or asset

    "1748, Tobias Smollett (translator), Alain-René Lesage (original), The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane In addition to this, a coarse shirt quite new, a pair of my father's shoes quite old, and, what rejoiced me more than all the rest, a rouleau of twenty rials in a linen rag. Behold the sum total of my personals."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin persōnālis (“of a person, personly”), equivalent to person + -al. Doublet of personnel.

Etymology 2

From Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin persōnālis (“of a person, personly”), equivalent to person + -al. Doublet of personnel.

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