homosexual

homosexual
adj
1. homoerotic, homophile, sexually inverted, Inf. gay, Inf. bent; All Sl. kinky, fruity, left-handed; All Derog. queer, faggy, flitty, limp-wristed; effeminate, Sl. swishy, camp, campy; lesbian, tribadic, sapphic, Sl. butch.
n
2. homosexualist, homophile, third sex, invert; All Sl. queen, limp-wrist, camp, three-dollar bill Brit. ginger, Brit. ginger beer, Brit. poof, Brit. poofter; All Derog. homo, queer, faggot, fag, fruit, flit, fairy, pansy, nance, auntie; pederast, pathic, catamite, Sl. punk, Sl. chicken, Sl. gunsel; transvestite, drag queen; lesbian, sapphist, tribade, Sl. butch, Sl. femme, Derog. dyke, Derog. bull dyke, Archaic. fricatrice.

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  • homosexual — pronounced either hom or hohm , is still the term used in more formal contexts, although gay has become the usual word in everyday language …   Modern English usage

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