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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

groinal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English groin Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English groinal From groin + -al.

Meanings

  1. (informal, not-comparable) Pertaining to the groin.
    • Footwear which tried to make you take steps twenty-one miles long imposed unfortunate groinal strains... 1998, Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times:
    • Chris thought of the speech pathologist, Jennifer, with pique and vague groinal stirrings. 2003, Matthew Sharpe, The Sleeping Father:

Synonyms

crotchal · inguinal