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  • noun obsolete A homosexual

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From German Urning, from Latin Uranus

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    Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion Havelock Ellis 1899

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  • The taxonomy of Uranismus, according to Karl-Heinrich Ulrich (1825-95)

    * Urningin (or occasionally the variants Uranierin, Urnin, and Urnigin): A female-bodied person with a male psyche, whose main sexual attraction is to women.

    * Urning: A male-bodied person with a female psyche, whose main sexual attraction is to men.

    * Dioningin: A "normal" (heterosexual and feminine) woman.

    * Dioning : A "normal" (heterosexual and masculine) man.

    * Uranodioningin: A female bisexual.

    * Uranodioning: A male bisexual.

    * Zwitter: Intersexual

    Urningthum, "male homosexuality" (or urnische Liebe, homosexual love) was expanded with the following terms:

    * Mannlinge: very masculine, except for feminine psyche and sex drive towards effeminate men ("butch gay")

    * Weiblinge: feminine in appearance, behaviour and psyche, with a sex drive towards masculine men ("queen")

    * Manuring: feminine in appearance and behaviour, with a male psyche and a sex drive towards women ("feminine straight man")

    * Zwischen-Urning: Adult male who prefers adolescents. ("pederast")

    * Conjunctive, with tender and passionate feelings for men

    * Disjunctive, with tender feelings for men but passionate feelings for women

    * Virilisierte Mannlinge: Male Urnings who have learned to act like Dionings, through force or habit ("closeted gay")

    * Uraniaster or uranisierter Mann: A dioning engaging in situational homosexuality (e.g. in prison or the military)

    (Wikipedia)

    July 14, 2009