anal English · revision 15135

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1769|origins=la anus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈeɪ.nəl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-new|analis|t=of the anus]],^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from [[la|anus]] (see [[anus]]).^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) Merriam-Webster forms it in English from anus and [[-al]].^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Situated near the anus: 1769.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) Of the anus itself it is from 1836.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Anal eroticism'' (1913) follows a German term of Freud's from 1908.^(OED 1989) In psychoanalysis the second stage of Freud's scheme of development is the anal stage (1930),^(OED 1989) and ''anal sadistic'' is from 1920.^(OED 1989) ''Anal-retentive'' is attested by 1957 in Etymonline, 1958 in the OED,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and ''anal sex'' from 1966.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1769 – near the anus.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1836 – of the anus.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1913 – anal eroticism.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1930 – the anal stage.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1957 – anal-retentive.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of, relating to or near the [[anus]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(psychoanalysis)'' Relating to the second stage of psychosexual development, when interest centres on the anal region.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(psychoanalysis)'' Showing adult traits such as excessive orderliness and stubbornness, thought to come from fixation at this stage.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[anally]]

+ * [[anal-expulsive]]

+ * [[anality]]

+ * [[anal-retentive]]

+ * [[anilingus]]

+ * [[postanal]]

+ * [[preanal]]

+ * [[subanal]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[anus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}