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hyperformal

hyperformal adjective: very highly formal; formal for formality's sake.

Adjective

hyperformal (comparative more hyperformal, superlative most hyperformal)

  1. Very highly formal; formal for formality's sake.
    • Most of the above linguistic elements used to display a mocking stance are formal and hyperformal rather than stereotypically white linguistic variants[…]2003, Roxy Harris, Ben Rampton, The Language, Ethnicity and Race Reader, page 311

Forms of hyperformal

comparativemore hyperformal
superlativemost hyperformal

Origin of hyperformal

From hyper- + formal.

Questions about hyperformal

What does hyperformal mean?
Hyperformal means very highly formal; formal for formality's sake.
What part of speech is hyperformal?
Hyperformal is an adjective.

Words near hyperformal in the dictionary

  1. hyperforin
  2. hyperforinate
  3. hyperforinates
  4. hyperforins
  5. hyperform
  6. hyperformal
  7. hyperforms
  8. hyperfractionated
  9. hyperfractionation
  10. hyperfragile
  11. hyperfragment

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