sexual

 
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛkʃʊəl, -sjʊəl/

adjective

  • 1relating to the instincts, physiological processes, and activities connected with physical attraction or intimate physical contact between individuals: she had felt the thrill of a sexual attraction
  • 2relating to the two sexes or to gender: sensitivity about sexual stereotypes
  • of or characteristic of one sex or the other: the hormones which control the secondary sexual characteristics
  • 3 Biology (of reproduction) involving the fusion of gametes.
  • being of one sex or the other; capable of sexual reproduction: the asexual winged forms lay the eggs which hatch into the sexual form

Derivatives

sexually

adverb

Origin:

mid 17th century: from late Latin sexualis, from Latin sexus 'sex'