postoral

o·ral

P p

Definitions of postoral word

adjective postoral uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony. 1
adjective postoral of, using, or transmitted by speech: oral methods of language teaching; oral traditions. 1
adjective postoral of, relating to, or involving the mouth: the oral cavity. 1
adjective postoral done, taken, or administered through the mouth: an oral dose of medicine. 1
adjective postoral Phonetics. articulated with none of the voice issuing through the nose, as the normal English vowels and the consonants b and v. 1
adjective postoral Psychoanalysis. of or relating to the earliest phase of infantile psychosexual development, lasting from birth to one year of age or longer, during which pleasure is obtained from eating, sucking, and biting. of or relating to the sublimation of feelings experienced during the oral stage of childhood: oral anxiety. of or relating to gratification by stimulation of the lips or membranes of the mouth, as in sucking, eating, or talking. 1

before 1615

One of the 41% oldest English words

1615-25; < Latin ōr- (stem of ōs) mouth (cognate with Sanskrit āsya) + -al1

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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