gonorrheal

G2O1N1O1R1R1H4E1A1L1

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with gonorrhoea

OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English gonorrhea ← Late Latin gonorrhoea →
Scrabble 14
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivegonorrheal (not comparable)

alternative gonorrhoeal · alternative gonorrhœal

  1. not comparableOf, pertaining to, or afflicted with gonorrhoea

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵónh₁os
  3. Ancient Greekγόνος (gónos)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*srew-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sréweti
  7. Proto-Hellenic*hréwō
  8. Ancient Greekῥέω (rhéō)
  9. Ancient Greekῥοία (rhoía)
  10. Ancient Greekγονόρροια (gonórrhoia)
  11. Late Latingonorrhoea
  12. Englishgonorrhea
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. Englishgonorrheal

From gonorrhea + -al.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

logorrhean
Cite this entry
APA

gonorrheal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonorrheal

MLA

“gonorrheal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonorrheal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gonorrheal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonorrheal.

Source: gonorrheal on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.