Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypersalivate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-sali-vate
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To produce significantly more than the normal amount of saliva.

Example Sentences

"Patients may hypersalivate and be doubly incontinent."
"As he painfully tried to shovel those leafy greens down his throat before attempting some amazing feat of radical strength, he would hypersalivate, his nostrils would flare, and his eyes would water as he tried not to vomit."
"Over the subsequent 12 to 18 hours, Jenny became anxious after she was fed canned food and began to retch and hypersalivate."

Etymology

From hyper- + salivate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hyper

Inflected Forms

hypersalivates (present, singular) hypersalivating (participle, present) hypersalivated (participle, past) hypersalivated (past)

Questions

What does hypersalivate mean?: To produce significantly more than the normal amount of saliva.
Where does hypersalivate come from?: From hyper- + salivate.

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