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adj
Attracted to women and/or to femininity regardless of gender.
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adj
Attracted to women and/or to femininity regardless of gender.
Sexually attracted to women.
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adj
Attracted to women and/or to femininity regardless of gender.
Sexually attracted to femininity, regardless of gender.
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noun
A gynesexual person or organism.
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gwḗn Proto-Hellenic *gwənā Ancient Greek γῠνή (gŭnḗ)lbor. English gyne- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English -sexual English gynesexual From gyne- + -sexual.
Across languages
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