multisexualadj.
/ˌmʌltɪˈsɛkʃʊəl/, /ˌmʌltɪˈsɛkʃ(ᵿ)l/, /ˌmʌltɪˈsɛkʃjʊ(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈsɛkʃ(əw)əl/, /ˌməlˌtaɪˈsɛkʃ(əw)əl/, /ˌməltəˈsɛkʃ(əw)əl/ 1. Of, relating to, or comprising individuals of different sexes or sexual orientations.
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1903 ‘G. Sweven’ Limanora ii. xi. 583 Some worlds..have in the life upon them a tri-sexual or even a quadri-sexual mode of propagation... Wherever multi-sexual generation holds sway, there life is rarer.
1979 F. Hapgood Why Males Exist vii. 68 Some animals live in multisexual colonies or as mated pairs.
1998 Observer (Nexis) 11 Oct. 6 Placebo..are multisexual: bassist Stefan Olsdal is gay, drummer Steve Hewitt straight, and singer Brian Molko swings like a pendulum.
2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 17 Dec. 42/2 We ended up at a friendly, multiracial, multisexual bar around 100th Street.
2. Characterized by sexual or romantic attraction to, or sexual activity with, people of different sexes or gender identities; (now) spec. having any of various sexual orientations of this type, such as bisexual, pansexual, or polysexual.
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1951 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 113 378 Of the remainder of the 52 cases..7 were psychopathic personalities of a multisexual opportunist variety.
1983 TV-TS Tapestry No. 39. 27/2 People have the potential to be ‘turned on’ by, and perform sexually with virtually anyone, anything, anywhere, any time. In short, people are ‘multisexual’.
2018 @nyphren 11 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 8 Dec. 2021) I don't identify as bi but i'm grayasexual and when i do feel sexual attraction it's to more than one gender so i usually say i'm multisexual.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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