asexualadj.n.

Brit.

/(ˌ)eɪˈsɛkʃʊəl/,

/(ˌ)eɪˈsɛkʃ(ᵿ)l/,

/(ˌ)eɪˈsɛksjʊ(ə)l/, U.S.

/(ˌ)eɪˈsɛkʃ(əw)əl/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix⁶, sexual adj.

Etymology: < a- prefix⁶ + sexual adj. Compare earlier unsexual adj.In (especially later) use with reference to sexual attraction or orientation (see sense A. 2a and B. 2) partly after homosexual adj., heterosexual adj., etc.

A. adj.

1. Biology. Lacking sexual organs or function; (formerly) †designating plants lacking true flowers and seeds (cryptogams) (obsolete). Also of reproduction: occurring without the fusion of male and female gametes, e.g. by fission, budding, or parthenogenesis; produced by such a process. Cf. agamic adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > [adjective] > absence of sex characteristics

sexless1605

unspecificate1734

unsexed1749

unsexual?1785

asexual1795

unsexing1812

agamous1816

unsexual1873

gender-neutral1963

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > spore or sporule > cryptogam or plant having spores > [adjective]

sexless1757

cryptogamous1781

cryptogamic1785

cryptogamical?1791

asexual1795

aetheogamous1830

amphigamous1841

acrogenic1844

apogamous1878

apogamic1886

1795 T. Velley Coloured Fig. Marine Plants 6 Gmelin..further observes, that in the plants now under consideration, a gradual process may be traced from those, which are unisexual, to others still more simple, and which are perfectly asexual.

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. Introd. 19 Asexual plants are flowerless.

1858 G. H. Lewes Sea-side Stud. 289 Reproducing themselves by sexual and asexual methods.

1880 Amer. Naturalist 14 671 The occurrence of the two together, and the absence of reproductive organs, seems to indicate that we have, not a new species, but an asexual form of W. ornata, which gives rise to the sexual medusæ by budding.

1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) iii. 34 The third form of asexual reproduction is through the formation of thick-walled cells called spores that develop into a new individual directly (the malarial parasite).

1995 Amer. Biol. Teacher 57 550/2 The life cycle of Cryptosporidium is complex and includes many stages. The most common asexual form found in stool and water samples is the oocyst.

2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees xii. 308 What the aspens really illustrate is the power of asexual (or vegetative) reproduction.

a. Without sexual feelings or desires; not sexually attracted to anyone.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > asexuality > [adjective]

asexual1862

ace2008

1862 Brownson's Q. Rev. Apr. 232 Man is asexual (non-sexual) and sexual, while woman is all sexual.

1903 Daily Mail 10 Sept. 2/7 All doctors will tell you that, athletic or not, women are more asexual than men.

1936 G. H. Groves & R. A. Ross Married Women iii. 66 These women need not look forward..to active intercourse as the ultimate and sublime thing often pictured, nor think of it as the difficult and disagreeable thing asexual people often make it out.

1990 Committed, Loving, yet Asexual Relationships in soc.couples (Usenet newsgroup) 17 Dec. I am an asexual person wondering if my lack of sexual interest might doom me to relative loneliness.

2012 Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 5 Aug. a6/ I personally know more than one person who identifies as asexual. Being asexual does not mean that you cannot have healthy and happy intimate emotional relationships and friendships.

b. Not involving sexual intercourse or other sexual activity; celibate, platonic. Also: lacking in sexual or erotic character or motivation; non-sexual.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > [adjective] > relating to platonic or non-sexual love

Platonical1612

Platonic1631

unlibidinous1667

unamorous1668

unsensual1850

asexual1894

supersexual1895

sex-free1929

1894 Rev. of Reviews Mar. 288/1 If the unfit are to be eliminated it must be effected by coercing the existing unfit into living an asexual life.

1929 E. B. Barrett While Peter Sleeps ix. 131 Such ‘asexual marriages’ were in vogue in the early Church until condemned at Nicæa (325 a.d.).

1942 Amer. Mercury July 44/2 The asexual quality in the social atmosphere [of Britain] has been firmly established—until now.

1975 A. Zaleznik & M. F. R. Kets de Vries Power & Corporate Mind iv. 64 She easily identified herself with the type of young woman who lives in an asexual relationship with an older man.

1995 K. Lindsey Divorced, Beheaded, Survived vi. 117 Before the miscarriage, Henry might have enjoyed an asexual flirtation with the maidenly Jane Seymour.

2017 Advertiser (Austral.) 12 Mar. 17 Too often couples..lead a completely asexual life together because they can no longer have sex the way they've been accustomed to.

3. Neither clearly masculine nor feminine in appearance, style, etc.; androgynous.Sometimes coloured by sense A. 2.

ΚΠ

1919 F. Douglas tr. V. B. Ibáñez Dead Command i. ii. 63 She was an English girl, tall, slender, with..the body of a gymnast which exercise had developed into agreeable feminine curves, giving her a youthful figure and the wholesome, asexual appearance of a handsome boy.

1946 E. Sexton Count Me among Living xvi. 199 She had a broad flat body, and the shrewd humorous asexual face so common to aging nuns.

1973 Jrnl. Individual Psychol. 29 25 An interesting question arises as to whether the relatively asexual hairstyles and attire among many adolescents and young adults today reflect an increase in sex-role uncertainty.

1991 New Art Examiner Apr. 34/2 A loosely rendered, asexual figure dominates the center of the composition.

2002 D. Aitkenhead Promised Land ix. 92 The asexual tracksuit-and-trainers look [was] replaced by a fabulous glitter of feather boas.

B. n.

1. Biology. An organism which does not reproduce sexually; an asexual, parthenogenetic, or vegetative form.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > types of reproduction > [noun] > others > organism

asexual1847

parthenote1931

apomict1938

cytogamont1939

parthenogenone1957

parthenogen1962

1847 A. Tulk tr. L. Oken Elements Physiophilos. iii. 284 Plants divide..into asexual and sexual plants... The asexuals cease in the process of vegetation, where the other plants begin.

1883 S. B. Herrick Wonders of Plant Life ii. 32 The plant..which produces a spore is called an asexual.

1927 Biol. Bull. 53 142 Medium sized and small worms become apparently normal asexuals.

1989 Evolution 43 254/1 It is assumed that production of asexuals by a sexual species leads to the loss of sex in that lineage.

2002 S. J. Gould Struct. Evolutionary Theory viii. 720 The birth of a new organism, particularly in asexuals, may or may not engender any substantial difference from parental form or genetics.

2. An asexual person; one who has no sexual feelings or desires, or who is not sexually attracted to anyone.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > asexuality > [noun] > person

asexual1907

ace2008

1907 S. E. Jelliffe tr. J. Grasset Semi-Insane & Semi-Responsible iii. 150 Between the heterosexuals and the homosexuals.., one might place the asexuals, those who have no sex, or those who wish to have none.

1974 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 16 Jan. 6 b/1 The homosexual is no more abnormal than the asexual, who has no interest in either sex.

1996 Re: What do Nuns & Gays have in Common? in alt.homosexuality (Usenet Newsgroup) 19 Mar. There are..Asexuals who..are married to members of the opposite sex.., and live their lives completely according to the heterosexual mold.

2015 Star Observer (Austral.) Nov. 20/1 Eero from Perth is an asexual who..also identifies as aromantic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	asexual
释义	asexualadj.n. Brit. /(ˌ)eɪˈsɛkʃʊəl/, /(ˌ)eɪˈsɛkʃ(ᵿ)l/, /(ˌ)eɪˈsɛksjʊ(ə)l/, U.S. /(ˌ)eɪˈsɛkʃ(əw)əl/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix⁶, sexual adj. Etymology: < a- prefix⁶ + sexual adj. Compare earlier unsexual adj.In (especially later) use with reference to sexual attraction or orientation (see sense A. 2a and B. 2) partly after homosexual adj., heterosexual adj., etc. A. adj. 1. Biology. Lacking sexual organs or function; (formerly) †designating plants lacking true flowers and seeds (cryptogams) (obsolete). Also of reproduction: occurring without the fusion of male and female gametes, e.g. by fission, budding, or parthenogenesis; produced by such a process. Cf. agamic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > [adjective] > absence of sex characteristics sexless1605 unspecificate1734 unsexed1749 unsexual?1785 asexual1795 unsexing1812 agamous1816 unsexual1873 gender-neutral1963 the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > spore or sporule > cryptogam or plant having spores > [adjective] sexless1757 cryptogamous1781 cryptogamic1785 cryptogamical?1791 asexual1795 aetheogamous1830 amphigamous1841 acrogenic1844 apogamous1878 apogamic1886 1795 T. Velley Coloured Fig. Marine Plants 6 Gmelin..further observes, that in the plants now under consideration, a gradual process may be traced from those, which are unisexual, to others still more simple, and which are perfectly asexual. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. Introd. 19 Asexual plants are flowerless. 1858 G. H. Lewes Sea-side Stud. 289 Reproducing themselves by sexual and asexual methods. 1880 Amer. Naturalist 14 671 The occurrence of the two together, and the absence of reproductive organs, seems to indicate that we have, not a new species, but an asexual form of W. ornata, which gives rise to the sexual medusæ by budding. 1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) iii. 34 The third form of asexual reproduction is through the formation of thick-walled cells called spores that develop into a new individual directly (the malarial parasite). 1995 Amer. Biol. Teacher 57 550/2 The life cycle of Cryptosporidium is complex and includes many stages. The most common asexual form found in stool and water samples is the oocyst. 2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees xii. 308 What the aspens really illustrate is the power of asexual (or vegetative) reproduction. 2. a. Without sexual feelings or desires; not sexually attracted to anyone. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > asexuality > [adjective] asexual1862 ace2008 1862 Brownson's Q. Rev. Apr. 232 Man is asexual (non-sexual) and sexual, while woman is all sexual. 1903 Daily Mail 10 Sept. 2/7 All doctors will tell you that, athletic or not, women are more asexual than men. 1936 G. H. Groves & R. A. Ross Married Women iii. 66 These women need not look forward..to active intercourse as the ultimate and sublime thing often pictured, nor think of it as the difficult and disagreeable thing asexual people often make it out. 1990 Committed, Loving, yet Asexual Relationships in soc.couples (Usenet newsgroup) 17 Dec. I am an asexual person wondering if my lack of sexual interest might doom me to relative loneliness. 2012 Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 5 Aug. a6/ I personally know more than one person who identifies as asexual. Being asexual does not mean that you cannot have healthy and happy intimate emotional relationships and friendships. b. Not involving sexual intercourse or other sexual activity; celibate, platonic. Also: lacking in sexual or erotic character or motivation; non-sexual. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [adjective] > relating to platonic or non-sexual love Platonical1612 Platonic1631 unlibidinous1667 unamorous1668 unsensual1850 asexual1894 supersexual1895 sex-free1929 1894 Rev. of Reviews Mar. 288/1 If the unfit are to be eliminated it must be effected by coercing the existing unfit into living an asexual life. 1929 E. B. Barrett While Peter Sleeps ix. 131 Such ‘asexual marriages’ were in vogue in the early Church until condemned at Nicæa (325 a.d.). 1942 Amer. Mercury July 44/2 The asexual quality in the social atmosphere [of Britain] has been firmly established—until now. 1975 A. Zaleznik & M. F. R. Kets de Vries Power & Corporate Mind iv. 64 She easily identified herself with the type of young woman who lives in an asexual relationship with an older man. 1995 K. Lindsey Divorced, Beheaded, Survived vi. 117 Before the miscarriage, Henry might have enjoyed an asexual flirtation with the maidenly Jane Seymour. 2017 Advertiser (Austral.) 12 Mar. 17 Too often couples..lead a completely asexual life together because they can no longer have sex the way they've been accustomed to. 3. Neither clearly masculine nor feminine in appearance, style, etc.; androgynous.Sometimes coloured by sense A. 2. ΚΠ 1919 F. Douglas tr. V. B. Ibáñez Dead Command i. ii. 63 She was an English girl, tall, slender, with..the body of a gymnast which exercise had developed into agreeable feminine curves, giving her a youthful figure and the wholesome, asexual appearance of a handsome boy. 1946 E. Sexton Count Me among Living xvi. 199 She had a broad flat body, and the shrewd humorous asexual face so common to aging nuns. 1973 Jrnl. Individual Psychol. 29 25 An interesting question arises as to whether the relatively asexual hairstyles and attire among many adolescents and young adults today reflect an increase in sex-role uncertainty. 1991 New Art Examiner Apr. 34/2 A loosely rendered, asexual figure dominates the center of the composition. 2002 D. Aitkenhead Promised Land ix. 92 The asexual tracksuit-and-trainers look [was] replaced by a fabulous glitter of feather boas. B. n. 1. Biology. An organism which does not reproduce sexually; an asexual, parthenogenetic, or vegetative form. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > types of reproduction > [noun] > others > organism asexual1847 parthenote1931 apomict1938 cytogamont1939 parthenogenone1957 parthenogen1962 1847 A. Tulk tr. L. Oken Elements Physiophilos. iii. 284 Plants divide..into asexual and sexual plants... The asexuals cease in the process of vegetation, where the other plants begin. 1883 S. B. Herrick Wonders of Plant Life ii. 32 The plant..which produces a spore is called an asexual. 1927 Biol. Bull. 53 142 Medium sized and small worms become apparently normal asexuals. 1989 Evolution 43 254/1 It is assumed that production of asexuals by a sexual species leads to the loss of sex in that lineage. 2002 S. J. Gould Struct. Evolutionary Theory viii. 720 The birth of a new organism, particularly in asexuals, may or may not engender any substantial difference from parental form or genetics. 2. An asexual person; one who has no sexual feelings or desires, or who is not sexually attracted to anyone. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > asexuality > [noun] > person asexual1907 ace2008 1907 S. E. Jelliffe tr. J. Grasset Semi-Insane & Semi-Responsible iii. 150 Between the heterosexuals and the homosexuals.., one might place the asexuals, those who have no sex, or those who wish to have none. 1974 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 16 Jan. 6 b/1 The homosexual is no more abnormal than the asexual, who has no interest in either sex. 1996 Re: What do Nuns & Gays have in Common? in alt.homosexuality (Usenet Newsgroup) 19 Mar. There are..Asexuals who..are married to members of the opposite sex.., and live their lives completely according to the heterosexual mold. 2015 Star Observer (Austral.) Nov. 20/1 Eero from Perth is an asexual who..also identifies as aromantic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1795
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