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campest

campest is the superlative form of camp.

Meaning of camp

Adjective

camp (comparative camper, superlative campest)

  1. Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.
  2. Ostentatiously flamboyant or effeminate.
    • More recently the word has become colloquial English for either implying that someone is a homosexual (‘he's very camp’), or for describing rather outre behaviour[…]2007, David Rothwell, Dictionary of Homonyms, Wordsworth Editions, →ISBN, page 88
  3. Intentionally tasteless or vulgar; self-parodying.
    • In Saturday Night Live, Madonna also unsurprisingly played Princess Diana, Marilyn Monroe, and a Joan Collins clone, all in a very camp way. As John Dean writes: “U.S. rock has a ruling camp queen with Madonna.”2002, Georges-Claude Guilbert, Madonna as Postmodern Myth, McFarland, →ISBN, page 123

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Questions about campest

What is campest the superlative form of?
Campest is the superlative form of camp.

Words near campest in the dictionary

  1. campervans
  2. campery
  3. Campesao
  4. campesino
  5. campesinos
  6. campest
  7. campestane
  8. campestanes
  9. campestanol
  10. campesterin
  11. campesterol

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