supersexual en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From super- + sexual.
Meanings
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Above or beyond the sexual.
[…] through the pivotal and half-metaphysical Child in Prometheus, to the supersexual Hermaphrodite and alligator-boys in The Witch of Atlas.
1965, George M Ridenour, Shelley: a collection of critical essays:
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Extremely sexual; hypersexual.
[…] barred by race from bourgeois respectability, African Americans have traditionally been mythologized as supersexual beings associated with tropical heat […]
2000, Marianne Noble, The masochistic pleasures of sentimental literature:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more supersexual | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most supersexual | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |