Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyperformal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-for-mal
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very highly formal; formal for formality's sake.

Example Sentences

"Most of the above linguistic elements used to display a mocking stance are formal and hyperformal rather than stereotypically white linguistic variants[…]"

Etymology

From hyper- + formal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hyper

Inflected Forms

more hyperformal (comparative) most hyperformal (superlative)

Questions

What does hyperformal mean?: Very highly formal; formal for formality's sake.
Where does hyperformal come from?: From hyper- + formal.

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