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superspy en · NOUN

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English spy English superspy From super- + spy.

Meanings

1. A glamorous, important spy.
   • Well, at least they look good, especially after escaping from the clutches of the superspy baddies. 1994, Howard Prouty, Variety TV Reviews 1991-92:
   • The three superspies soon discover that the answer involves mysterious codes, secret graveyard meetings, underground torture chambers in medieval castles... 2007, Deborah Abela, Max Remy Superspy: The French Code:
   • ...the beginning of the end of Israeli superspy hegemony in spy fiction. 1989, Reeva S Simon, The Middle East in Crime Fiction:

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