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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

oversexed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English sexed English oversexed From over- + sexed.

Meanings

  1. Having a greater than normal sexual appetite
    • Where American Jewish men contend with stereotypes of being oversexed, needy, nebbishy and neurotic (like Woody Allen, boo hiss), Jewish women are cast as withholding, bossy, exotic, and materialistic (like Fran Drescher, which honestly? Goals). 2019, Fancy Feast, “On Being a Fetish”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019:

Forms

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most oversexed Degree=Sup lexicographic
more oversexed Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

oversexedness