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libidinal

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li·bi·do  (l-bd, -b-)
n. pl. li·bi·dos
1. The psychic and emotional energy associated with instinctual biological drives.
2.
a. Sexual desire.
b. Manifestation of the sexual drive.
[Latin libd, desire; see leubh- in Indo-European roots.]
li·bidi·nal (-bdn-l) adj.
li·bidi·nal·ly adv.
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Adj.1.libidinal - belonging to the libido; "libidinal impulses"; "libidinal gratification"


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