anal
a•
[[ModL analis < anus, anus]]
1 of or near the anus
2 Psychoanalysis
a) designating or of the second stage of psychosexual development, in which interest centers in excretory functions
b) designating or of such traits in the adult as orderliness, stinginess, and obstinacy, regarded as unconscious psychic residues of that stage: cf. oral
3 [Informal] excessively or obsessively orderly, stingy, stubborn, etc.
—a´nally adv.
