WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
li•bi•do /lɪˈbidoʊ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -dos.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- sexual drive.
li•bi•do
(li bē′dō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -dos.
li•bid•i•nal
(li bid′n l),USA pronunciation adj.
li•bid′i•nal•ly, adv.
- Psychologyall of the instinctual energies and desires that are derived from the id.
- sexual instinct or sexual drive.
- Latin libīdō desire, willfulness, lust, akin to libēre to be pleasing
- 1890–95;
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