Meanings
comparative more oversexed · superlative most oversexed
- Having a greater than normal sexual appetite
Where American Jewish men contend with stereotypes of being oversexed, needy, nebbishy and neurotic (like Woody Allen, boo hiss), Jewish women are cast as withholding, bossy, exotic, and materialistic (like Fran Drescher, which honestly? Goals).
2019, Fancy Feast, “On Being a Fetish”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving excessive sexual desire or appeal
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishsexed
- Englishoversexed
Cite this entry
oversexed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversexed
“oversexed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversexed. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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