hypersexual

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

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A person who is hypersexual.

"Add to this pornographic films, which have done more not only to objectify women but also to give men the idea that women are hypersexual and welcome their advances."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English hypersexual From hyper- + sexual.

more hypersexual (comparative) most hypersexual (superlative) hypersexuals (plural)

hypersexually

hyposexual

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