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ovular

adj

Etymology

From ovule + -ar. In the feminist sense, chosen as an opposite to seminar because of that term's etymological link with semen, the male sexual fluid.

  1. derived from ōvum
  2. borrowed from ovule
  3. suffixed as ovular — “ovule + ar”

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to an ovule.

  2. Oval.

    • There were lights across the street and an ovular pool of light from Noah’s window on the grass between her and the back fence.

  3. A seminar for feminists.

    • Trebilco considers 'seminar' offensively 'masculinist', so she has replaced it with ovular, which she regards as its feminist equivalent.

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