Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

graysexual

/ˌɡɹeɪˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gray-sex-u-al
IPA: /ˌɡɹeɪˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

noun

A graysexual person.

Example Sentences

"But then I remember: the whole ethos of sex-positivity is predicated on a belief that everyone—sexual, asexual, or gray-sexual; monogamous, polyamorous, or something in-between; LGBTQ or as hetero as the Romneys—is entitled to pleasurable and safe sex."
"Some aces are gray-sexual (or gray-A), meaning that they fall somewhere on a spectrum between asexual and sexual."
"Do you feel sexual attraction sometimes, but only rarely? You may be graysexual,* and you’ll have a lot in common with asexual people if you are."

Etymology

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.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɡɹeɪˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/
British English: /ˌɡɹeɪˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/

Inflected Forms

gray-sexual (alternative) greysexual (alternative, UK) grey-sexual (alternative, UK) graysexuals (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

graysexuality

Synonyms

gray-A gray asexual gray ace

Rhymes With

sexual homosexual heterosexual asexual sapiosexual demisexual lumbersexual omnisexual ambisexual technosexual machosexual autosexual

Questions

How do you pronounce graysexual?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɡɹeɪˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/.
What does graysexual mean?: Intermediate between sexual and asexual; sometimes, but not usually, experiencing sexual attraction and desire.
Where does graysexual come 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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