anal

• POS: Adjective

CIDE DICTIONARY

anal, a. [From Anus.].

 Pertaining to, or situated near, the anus; as, the anal fin or glands.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

anal, adj. relating to or situated near the anus.

Idiom

anal retentive (of a person) excessively orderly and fussy (supposedly owing to aspects of toilet-training in infancy).

Derivative

anally adv.

Etymology

mod.L analis (as ANUS)

THESAURUS

anal

abdominal, accordant, appendical, bourgeois, cardiac, cecal, colic, colonic, compulsive, concordant, conformist, conventional, coronary, corresponding, dinky, duodenal, enteric, formalistic, gastric, harmonious, ileac, in accord, in keeping, in line, in step, intestinal, jejunal, kosher, mesogastric, neat, orthodox, pedantic, plastic, precisianistic, pyloric, rectal, shipshape, sleek, slick, smart, snug, splanchnic, spruce, square, straight, stuffy, tidy, tight, traditionalist, trig, trim, uptight, visceral, well-cared-for, well-groomed

ROGET THESAURUS

anal

Fastidiousness

N fastidiousness, nicety, hypercriticism, difficulty in being pleased, friandise, epicurism, omnia suspendens naso, epicure, gourmet, prudery, fastidious, nice, delicate, delicat, finical, finicky, demanding, meticulous, exacting, strict, anal, difficult, dainty, lickerish, squeamish, thin-skinned, squeasy, queasy, hard to please, difficult to please, querulous, particular, straitlaced, scrupulous, censorious, hypercritical, overcritical, noli me tangere.