bisexual

bisexual
a) Having both male and female organs. See perfect.

Midrash and Zohar present Adam as hermaphroditic or bisexual.

b) Sexually attracted to persons of either sex.
2. noun
A person who is bisexual. Someone attracted to persons of either gender

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  • bisexual — BISEXUÁL, Ă, bisexuali, e, adj. (Despre plante şi animale) Care dispune de organe de reproducere ale ambelor sexe; hermafrodit, bisexuat, androgin. [pr.: xu al] – Din fr. bissexuel. Trimis de paula, 21.06.2002. Sursa: DEX 98  BISEXUÁL adj. v.… …   Dicționar Român

  • bisexual — adj Bisexual, hermaphroditic, hermaphrodite, androgynous, epicene are comparable when meaning combining male and female qualities. The first four of these terms may be used interchangeably to mean being structurally or functionally both male and… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • bisexual — adj. sex. Dícese del organismo que posee dos sexos, el masculino y el femenino. También se denomina hermafrodita. ⊆ Que mantiene relaciones sexuales con individuos de ambos sexos. También se denomina ambisexual. Medical Dictionary. 2011 …   Diccionario médico

  • bisexual — [bī sek′sho͞o əl] adj. 1. of both sexes 2. having both male and female organs, as certain animals and plants; hermaphroditic 3. of or characterized by sexual desire for those of one s own sex and also those of the opposite sex n. one that is… …   English World dictionary

  • Bisexual — Bi*sex u*al, a. [Pref. bi + sexual.] (Biol.) Of both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bisexual — (adj.) 1824, having both sexes in one being, hermaphroditic, from BI (Cf. bi ) + SEXUAL (Cf. sexual). Meaning attracted to both sexes is from 1914; the noun in this sense is attested from 1922. Not in general use until 1950s. Noun is recorded… …   Etymology dictionary

  • bisexual — [adj] having relations with either gender AC DC*, androgynous, bi*, epicene, gynandrous, hermaphroditic, intersexual, monoclinous, swings both ways*; concept 372 Ant. heterosexual, homosexual …   New thesaurus

  • bisexual — adjetivo 1. [Individuo vegetal o animal] que tiene los dos sexos. Sinónimo: hermafrodita. adjetivo,sustantivo masculino y femenino 1. Que tiene relaciones sexuales con personas de los dos sexos …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • bisexual — (De bi y el lat. sexus, sexo). 1. adj. hermafrodita. 2. Dicho de una persona: Que alterna las prácticas homosexuales con las heterosexuales. U. t. c. s.) …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • bisexual — ► ADJECTIVE 1) sexually attracted to both men and women. 2) Biology having characteristics of both sexes. ► NOUN ▪ a person who is sexually attracted to both men and women. DERIVATIVES bisexuality noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Bisexual — An individual who engages in both heterosexual and homosexual sexual relations. Bisexual can also refer to the corresponding lifestyle. In physical biology, the term bisexual refers to an individual who was born with gonadal tissue of both sexes… …   Medical dictionary

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