Meanings
adjectivehypersexual (comparative more hypersexual, superlative most hypersexual)
comparative more hypersexual · superlative most hypersexual
- Excessively interested in sex.
Add to this pornographic films, which have done more not only to objectify women but also to give men the idea that women are hypersexual and welcome their advances.
2017 October 31, Cal Thomas, "Shocking But Not Surprising", Townhall.comhttp://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2017/10/31/shocking-but-not-surprising-n2402383 - Of or relating to hypersexuality.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Hellenic*hupér
- Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
- Englishhyper-
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
- Proto-Italic*seksus
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*sekaō
- Latinsecō
- Latinsecāre?
- Latinsexus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinsexuālis
- Englishsexual
- Englishhypersexual
Translations
Esperanto hiperseksema
- hiperseksemaexcessively interested in sex
Spanish hipersexual, hipersexual
- hipersexualexcessively interested in sex
- hipersexualof or relating to hypersexuality
- hipersexualhypersexual person
Cite this entry
APA
hypersexual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypersexual
MLA
“hypersexual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypersexual. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypersexual,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypersexual.
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