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hyperamative

Syllables: hy·per·am·a·tiveUS/ˌhaɪp.əɹˈam.ə.tɪv/

hyperamative adjective: excessively amorous, with sexual connotations.

Adjective

hyperamative (comparative more hyperamative, superlative most hyperamative)

  1. Excessively amorous, with sexual connotations.
    • “In Hartwell’s case, the provisional result is ... the equivalent, hyperamative hardness. Via Cornelia / Beulah, Eugene’s crushed arm points, directly if limply, at Hartwell’s iron phallus.”1992, G. M. Goshgarian, To Kiss the Chastening Rod: Domestic Fiction and Sexual Ideology in the American Renaissance, Cornell Press

Synonyms of hyperamative

Antonyms

Forms of hyperamative

comparativemore hyperamative
superlativemost hyperamative

Origin of hyperamative

From hyper- + amative.

Questions about hyperamative

What does hyperamative mean?
Hyperamative means excessively amorous, with sexual connotations.
What part of speech is hyperamative?
Hyperamative is an adjective.
How do you pronounce hyperamative?
Hyperamative is pronounced /ˌhaɪp.əɹˈam.ə.tɪv/ (US).

Words near hyperamative in the dictionary

  1. hyperallusive
  2. hyperalphalipoproteinaemia
  3. hyperalphalipoproteinemia
  4. hyperaltruism
  5. hyperaltruistic
  6. hyperamative
  7. hyperambitious
  8. hyperaminoacidemia
  9. hyperaminoacidemias
  10. hyperaminoaciduria
  11. hyperammonaemia

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