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orthophemistic

orthophemistic adjective: plainly denotative; not euphemistic or dysphemistic.

Adjective

orthophemistic (comparative more orthophemistic, superlative most orthophemistic)

  1. Plainly denotative; not euphemistic or dysphemistic.
    • For ‘cunt’ to move to the orthophemistic realm, a seismic linguistic and cultural shift would need to take place.2013, Emma LE Rees, The Vagina, Bloomsbury, published 2015, page 22

Forms of orthophemistic

comparativemore orthophemistic
superlativemost orthophemistic

Origin of orthophemistic

From ortho- + -phemistic in euphemistic, dysphemistic.

Questions about orthophemistic

What does orthophemistic mean?
Orthophemistic means plainly denotative; not euphemistic or dysphemistic.
What part of speech is orthophemistic?
Orthophemistic is an adjective.

Words near orthophemistic in the dictionary

  1. orthopervanadates
  2. orthophasmavirus
  3. orthophasmaviruses
  4. orthophemism
  5. orthophemisms
  6. orthophemistic
  7. orthophenylene
  8. orthophenylphenol
  9. orthophlebiid
  10. orthophlebiids
  11. orthophonic

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