biromantic

[ bahy-roh-man-tik ]

adjective

1. noting or relating to a person who is romantically attracted to people of more than one gender, sometimes understood to include attraction to one's own gender and at least one other gender.

Word History and Origins

Origin of biromantic¹

First recorded in 1995–2000; bi- ¹( def ) + romantic ( def )

Example Sentences

The participants identified as heteroromantic, biromantic, homoromantic, panromantic and more, showing significant diversity among the romantic interests of this group.

From Salon

And also I want to mention, of course there are people who are ace and biromantic.

From Slate

“It’s true. I wouldn’t have figured out that there was a name for who I am if Kaisha hadn’t blogged about being biromantic.”

From Literature

HETEROROMANTIC, BIROMANTIC, AROMANTIC, HOMOROMANTIC: “This all comes from an evolving idea about human sexuality and human relationships. People have begun to self-identify as asexual, but they may still have romantic feelings short of actual sex, so there was sort of a semantic gap for what your romantic orientation is,” Martin said.

From Washington Times