noun
libido
lih-BEE-doh
noun
1
Sexual desire or drive.
"Stress and lack of sleep can lower a person's libido."
"The medication listed a reduced libido as a possible side effect."
How to Use Libido
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA person's level of sexual desire.
When to use it
Fairly clinical in tone — common in medical and psychological contexts rather than casual conversation.
Common pairings
low libido
high libido
boost your libido
Word Forms
libidos plural
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Etymology
A learned borrowing from Latin libido, "lust, desire," popularized in English through early 20th-century psychoanalysis, notably by Sigmund Freud.