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transvestite

trans·ves·tite

UK/tɹænzˈvɛs.taɪt/ US/træˈnzvɛstaɪt/ uncommon dated
noun (1) adjective (1)

noun

1.

someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex

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adjective

1.

receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin trāns + vestītus, form of vestiō (“to clothe, to 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).

Phrases

  • transvestic fetishism

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