transvestite

trans·ves·tite

T0326100 (trăns-vĕs′tīt′, trănz-)n.1. Psychiatry A person with transvestism.2. A cross-dresser. In this sense, the term is sometimes considered offensive.

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[German Transvestit : Latin trāns-, trans- + Latin vestīre, to dress; see travesty.]

transvestite

(trænzˈvɛstaɪt) n1. (Psychiatry) a person who seeks sexual pleasure from wearing clothes that are normally associated with the opposite sex2. any cross-dresser. See cross-dressingadjwearing clothes that are normally associated with the opposite sex[C19: from German Transvestit, from trans- + Latin vestītus clothed, from vestīre to clothe] transˈvestism, transˈvestitism n

trans•ves•tite

(trænsˈvɛs taɪt, trænz-)

n. a person, esp. a man, who assumes the dress and often the manner usu. associated with the opposite sex. [1925–30; < German Transvestit < Latin trāns- trans- + vest(īre) to clothe + German -it -ite¹] trans•ves′tism, trans•ves′ti•tism, n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	transvestite - someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sexcross-dresserindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
Adj.	1.	transvestite - receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sextransvestichomosexual - sexually attracted to members of your own sex

transvestite

noun cross-dresser, drag queen, trannie (informal, chiefly Brit.), ladyboy, T.V. (informal) My wife accepted I was a transvestite but I abused her tolerance.

Translations

人妖

transvestite

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