anal

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānālis.

adj

1. (not comparable) Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus. [from 18th c.]
   anal thermometer
   an anal examination
   anal sex
2. (psychoanalysis) Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region. [from 20th c.]
3. (psychology) Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage. [from 20th c.]
   Please don't touch his furniture, as he can get very anal about things like that.
   He was a model of anal defensiveness: fastidious in his dress and appearance, a collector and putter of things in order, a classifier and labeler. 1995, Leonard Shengold, Delusions of Everyday Life, page 39
4. (entomology, of a vein) Proximate to the thorax.

noun

1. (countable) Any of the anal scales of a reptile.
2. (uncountable, informal) Anal sex.
   In the right mood, I'll accept anal.
   I'll do anything except anal.

verb

1. (transitive, slang, rare, chiefly in pornography) To penetrate anally.
   The man with the huge cock analed the hot chick.