superheavyweight
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English
34
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the weight class for boxers exceeding 91 kilograms in body weight.
noun
Someone or something that is extremely heavy or hefty.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: superheavy"
- "All around him was a human traffic jam, but this superheavyweight, so massive (get a load of that head!) and so easy to adore, was surrounded by a bunch of smitten fans reaching out to pet him, to touch his enormous paws and to receive his sloppy licks."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Germanic *habjaną Proto-West Germanic *habbjan Old English hebban Middle English heven English heave English -y English heavy English weight English heavyweight English superheavyweight From super- + heavyweight.