supervirile

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

super- +‎ virile

Adjective[edit]

supervirile (comparative more supervirile, superlative most supervirile)

  1. Exceptionally virile.
    • 1993, Ruth S El Saffar, Diana de Armas Wilson, Quixotic desire: psychoanalytic perspectives on Cervantes:
      In other words, a surname symbolic of weapons and a military career must necessarily represent a supervirile woman...
    • 1997, Frank Bartine Leib, Friendly competitors, fierce companions: men's ways of relating:
      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...

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