1892, in C.G. Chaddock's translation of Krafft-Ebing's "Psychopathia Sexualis," from German homosexual, homosexuale (by 1880, in Gustav Jäger), from homo-, comb. form of Greek homos "same" (see homo- (1)) + Latin-based sexual.
"Homosexual" is a barbarously hybrid word, and I claim no responsibility for it. It is, however, convenient, and now widely used. "Homogenic" has been suggested as a substitute. [H. Havelock Ellis, "Studies in Psychology," 1897]
Sexual inversion (1883) was an earlier clinical term for it in English. The noun is recorded by 1895. In technical use, either male or female; but in non-technical use almost always male. Slang shortened form homo first attested 1929. See also uranian.
实用例句
1. A fraud trial involving two homosexual lawyers was abandoned.
一桩涉及两名同性恋律师的欺诈案审判被撤销了。来自柯林斯例句
2. He came out as a homosexual after his mother died.
他在母亲死后公开承认自己是同性恋者.来自《简明英汉词典》
3. In a society that institutionalizes homosexuality, they will be homosexual.
在一个将同性恋制度化的社会中, 人们会进行同性恋爱.来自哲学部分
4. I never knew he was a closet queen , ie homosexual.
我从来不知道他暗地里搞同性恋.来自辞典例句
5. That same morning Vincent visited his friend, the notorious homosexual, Comte de Passavant.
