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oversexed

oversexed adjective: having a greater than normal sexual appetite.

Adjective

oversexed (comparative more oversexed, superlative most oversexed)

  1. Having a greater than normal sexual appetite
    • Where American Jewish men contend with stereotypes of being oversexed, needy, nebbishy and neurotic (like Woody Allen, boo hiss), Jewish women are cast as withholding, bossy, exotic, and materialistic (like Fran Drescher, which honestly? Goals).2019, Fancy Feast, “On Being a Fetish”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019

Forms of oversexed

comparativemore oversexed
superlativemost oversexed

Origin of oversexed

From over- + sexed.

Words formed from oversexed

Questions about oversexed

What does oversexed mean?
Oversexed means having a greater than normal sexual appetite.
What part of speech is oversexed?
Oversexed is an adjective.

Words near oversexed in the dictionary

  1. oversew
  2. oversewed
  3. oversewing
  4. oversewn
  5. oversews
  6. oversexed
  7. oversexedness
  8. oversexualization
  9. oversexualize
  10. oversexualized
  11. oversexualizes

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