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English
Etymology
From hyper- + amative.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌhaɪp.əɹˈam.ə.tɪv/
- Hyphenation: hy‧per‧am‧a‧tive
Adjective
hyperamative (comparative more hyperamative, superlative most hyperamative)
- Excessively amorous, with sexual connotations.
- Antonyms: chaste, disinterested, unaroused
1992, G. M. Goshgarian, To Kiss the Chastening Rod: Domestic Fiction and Sexual Ideology in the American Renaissance, Cornell Press:“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.”
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