urning

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noun

A homosexual person, especially a man.

OriginGerman Urning ← Latin Uranus →
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Meanings

nounurning (plural urnings)

plural urnings

  1. obsoleteA homosexual person, especially a man.

    The urning loves and deifies the male object of his affections, just as a man idealizes the woman he loves.

    1886, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Psychopathia Sexualis, F. A. Davis Co, published 1894, page 255
    1 more example

    My aim in life will be to create tolerance among mankind and especially to vindicate the decent, spiritual Urning

    1940, Bob Mizer, diary entry quoted in Buying Gay: How Physique Entrepreneurs Sparked a Movement (2019), page 48

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
uranian

Origin

  1. LatinUranus
  2. GermanUrning
  3. Englishurning

From German Urning, from Latin Uranus; see Uranian for more.

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APA

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MLA

“urning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urning. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “urning,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urning.

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