graysexual

See also: gray-sexual

English

Alternative forms

• gray-sexual

Etymology

Blend of gray +‎ asexual. See grey area.

Adjective

graysexual (not comparable)

1. (neologism) Intermediate between sexual and asexual; sometimes, but not usually, experiencing sexual attraction and desire.
   • 2013, M. M, "sex-pos", Post- (Brown University), Volume 14, Issue 13, 21 February 2013, page 7:

     But then I remember: the whole ethos of sex-positivity is predicated on a belief that everyone—sexual, asexual, or gray-sexual; monogamous, polyamorous, or something in-between; LGBTQ or as hetero as the Romneys—is entitled to pleasurable and safe sex.

   • 2014, Tess Banta, "The 'A' Stands for Asexual", The Amherst Student (Amherst College), Volume 143, Issue 16, 19 February 2014, page 7:

     Some aces are gray-sexual (or gray-A), meaning that they fall somewhere on a spectrum between asexual and sexual.

   • 2014, Julie Sondra Decker, "How to Tell If You Are Asexual", Time, 18 June 2014:

     Do you feel sexual attraction sometimes, but only rarely? You may be graysexual,* and you’ll have a lot in common with asexual people if you are.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:graysexual.

Synonyms

• gray-A