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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

supervirile en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From super- + virile.

Meanings

  1. Exceptionally virile.
    • In fact, he liked to portray himself as a supervirile type, both in life and in literature. Apparently, he did not always succeed in this... 1997, Frank Bartine Leib, Friendly competitors, fierce companions: men's ways of relating:
    • In other words, a surname symbolic of weapons and a military career must necessarily represent a supervirile woman... 1993, Ruth S El Saffar, Diana de Armas Wilson, Quixotic desire: psychoanalytic perspectives on Cervantes:

Forms

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more supervirile Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most supervirile Degree=Sup lexicographic

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