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graysexual

adj
/ˌɡɹeɪˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/UK/ˌɡɹeɪˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/US

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.

Definitions

  1. Intermediate between sexual and asexual

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

    • 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.

  2. A graysexual person.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA