anal.
Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
Meaning & usage
Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
anal thermometer
an anal examination
Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.
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.
Please don't touch his furniture, as he can get very anal about things like that.
Of tasks, questions, subject matter, etc., obsessively fussy or precise.
This questionnaire goes into the most ridiculous amount of detail. It's totally anal.
Of a vein, proximate to the thorax.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin ānālis. By surface analysis, anus + -al. Psychological sense shortened from anal-retentive.
Any of the anal scales of a reptile.
Anal sex.
In the right mood, I'll accept anal.
I'll do anything except anal.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin ānālis. By surface analysis, anus + -al. Psychological sense shortened from anal-retentive.
To penetrate anally.
The man with the small cock analed the hot chick.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin ānālis. By surface analysis, anus + -al. Psychological sense shortened from anal-retentive.
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