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graysexual.

Intermediate between sexual and asexual; sometimes, but not usually, experiencing sexual attraction and desire.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˌɡɹeɪˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/UK/ˌɡɹeɪˈsɛk.sjuː.əl/UK/ˌɡɹeɪˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/US
  1. Intermediate between sexual and asexual; sometimes, but not usually, experiencing sexual attraction and desire.

    neologism · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Blend of gray + asexual, coined by user asexualityrocks in 2008 on the forums of the Asexual Visibility and Education Network about two years after the advent of gray-A and gray asexual.

noun/ˌɡɹeɪˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/UK/ˌɡɹeɪˈsɛk.sjuː.əl/UK/ˌɡɹeɪˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/US
  1. A graysexual person.

    neologism
Where this word comes from

Blend of gray + asexual, coined by user asexualityrocks in 2008 on the forums of the Asexual Visibility and Education Network about two years after the advent of gray-A and gray asexual.

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