testosteronic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Relating to testosterone; characterized by aggressive masculinity.
Example Sentences
- "While men are depleting themselves in testosteronic warfare, snarling and staring and playing their mind games, the ladies are saving their energy to play poker games, keeping their cool and using their brainpower to win pots rather than intimidate opponents."
- "He has resisted all society's attempts to feminize him: he is a triumph of testosteronic impulse. He was always the bad boy of the class, the one who fought in the playground[…]"
- "Lester went testosteronic; his chest-pounding aggression could not be calmed."
Etymology
From testosterone + -ic.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more testosteronic (comparative)
most testosteronic (superlative)