transvestite
Meanings
Plural: transvestites
Noun
- someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex
- A person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who cross-dresses occasionally by habit or personal choice.
- A person, typically a heterosexual male, who compulsively seeks and derives paraphilic sexual arousal from cross-dressing, especially if the urges and behavior cause the patient distress or social impairment.
- An animal that engages in sexual mimicry.
Adjective Satellite
- receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin trāns + vestītus, form of vestiō (“I clothe, I dress”) (as in English vestment, vest). Literally, a "cross-dresser". From transvestitism, from German Transvestitismus, coined in 1910 by Magnus Hirschfeld (the practice itself is much older).
Synonyms
cross-dresser, tranny, transvestic, transy, TV
Scrabble Score: 15
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Words With Friends Score: 17
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