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oral

adj
/ˈɔː.ɹəl/UK/ˈɔ.ɹəl/CA/ˈɑ.ɹəl/

Etymology

PIE word *h₁óh₃s Early 17th century borrowing from Late Latin ōrālis, from ōs (“the mouth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

  1. borrowed from ōrālis

Definitions

  1. Relating to the mouth.

    • oral hygiene
    • oral sex

  2. Spoken rather than written.

    • an oral presentation
    • an oral French exam

  3. A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.

    • We've got our Spanish oral tomorrow.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A physical examination of the mouth.

    2. Ellipsis of oral sex.

      • I gave my boyfriend oral for the first time on his birthday.

    3. Ellipsis of oral steroid.

    4. A male given name from Latin of American usage

    5. A city in Kazakhstan.

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Derived

aboral, adoral, circumoral, endoral, extraoral, fecal-oral, hyperoral, infraoral, intraoral, juxtaoral, naso-oral, nasoral, nonoral, oral allergy syndrome, oral argument, oral availability, oral candidiasis, oralcare, oral cavity, oral dam, oral exam, oral examination, oral glucose, oral gratification, oral history, oral hygiene, oralism, oralist, oralistic, orality, oralize, oralise, oral law, oral lore, orally, oral mite anaphylaxis, oralmost, oral mucositis, oral myology, oralnasal · +19 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at oral. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at oral. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at oral

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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