superwhite

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

super- +‎ white

Adjective[edit]

superwhite (comparative more superwhite, superlative most superwhite)

  1. Of a bright, intense white.
    • 1995, Elaine Dewar, Cloak of green, page 32:
      Bill Mankin, thin as Death in a Bergman film, his superwhite skin emphasized by his black suit, called the press conference to order.
    • 2008 April 12, Ian Fisher, “Berlusconi, Running Again, Is No Longer Promising ‘Italian Miracle’”, in New York Times[1]:
      But other than the superwhite teeth, gone are many of the trademarks of Silvio Berlusconi in the heat of an election.