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supervirile

supervirile adjective: exceptionally virile.

Adjective

supervirile (comparative more supervirile, superlative most supervirile)

  1. Exceptionally virile.
    • In other words, a surname symbolic of weapons and a military career must necessarily represent a supervirile woman...1993, Ruth S El Saffar, Diana de Armas Wilson, Quixotic desire: psychoanalytic perspectives on Cervantes
    • In fact, he liked to portray himself as a supervirile type, both in life and in literature. Apparently, he did not always succeed in this...1997, Frank Bartine Leib, Friendly competitors, fierce companions: men's ways of relating

Forms of supervirile

comparativemore supervirile
superlativemost supervirile

Origin of supervirile

From super- + virile.

Questions about supervirile

What does supervirile mean?
Supervirile means exceptionally virile.
What part of speech is supervirile?
Supervirile is an adjective.

Words near supervirile in the dictionary

  1. supervillins
  2. superviolence
  3. superviolent
  4. superviral
  5. supervirial
  6. supervirile
  7. supervirility
  8. supervirtuosi
  9. supervirtuoso
  10. supervirtuosos
  11. supervirulent

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