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desexualise en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English sexualise English desexualise From de- + sexualise.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of desexualize.
    • Her pregnancy was obvious, but this did not desexualise her in his eyes; she was a very beautiful woman, wearing a large green silk salwar kameez that brought out the fairness of her skin and the darkness of her hair. 2023, V.V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night, Viking, pages 295-296:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
desexualised Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
desexualised Tense=Past lexicographic
desexualises Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
desexualising Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic