metrosexual

Blend of metropolitan +‎ heterosexual, equivalent to metro- +‎ -sexual. Coined by British writer Mark Simpson in 1994.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛtɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/

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• Hyphenation: met‧ro‧sex‧u‧al

metrosexual (plural metrosexuals)

1. A man — typically urban, heterosexual, and affluent — who is concerned with personal appearance, such as personal grooming, fashion, and aesthetics in general.
2. A heterosexual man who is seen, sociologically, as having attributes common to homosexuals.

• boulevardier
• dandy (19th Century)
• fop (19th Century)
• dude, dood (archaic)
• man about town
• masher (archaic)
• Thesaurus:dandy
• Thesaurus:sensualist

metrosexual (comparative more metrosexual, superlative most metrosexual)

1. Of or relating to a metrosexual or the metrosexual lifestyle.

• ambisexual
• gender-bender
• unisex
• machosexual
• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mə.tɾu.sək.suˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mə.tɾo.sək.suˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [me.tɾo.sek.suˈal]

metrosexual m (plural metrosexuals)

1. metrosexual

• IPA^(key): /metɾoseɡˈswal/ [me.t̪ɾo.seɣ̞ˈswal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: me‧tro‧se‧xual

metrosexual m (plural metrosexuales)

1. metrosexual

metrosexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural metrosexuales)

1. metrosexual

• “metrosexual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024