单词 | oversexed |
释义 | oversexedadj. Having unusually strong sexual desires; highly sexually active; possessing excessive sexual characteristics. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective] > excessively or extremely satyromaniac1891 oversexed1898 1898 C. P. Stetson Women & Econ. iii. 44 The secretion of milk is a maternal function,—a sex function. The cow is over-sexed. 1923 C. Mackenzie Parson's Progress viii. 95 Nobody questions the ethical value of Christianity except a few oversexed egomaniacs. 1939 R. E. Baber Marriage & Family ix. 273 For centuries it was thought that woman had relatively limited sex desire... Any abandonment of inhibitions supposedly denoted an ‘oversexed’ nature and was an attribute of the courtesan. 1953 Encounter Nov. 31/1 Y. is the political equivalent of a nymphomaniac... This kind of neurosis..flourishes chiefly in the climate of the Left—for, generally speaking, the Left is politically over-sexed. 1991 Brewer's Twentieth Cent. Phrase & Fable 456/1 Over-paid, over-fed, over-sexed, and over here, a much-repeated catchphrase of World War II, referring to the presence of US forces in the UK. 1991 Outrage Feb. 70/4 (advt.) Good looking, oversexed local guy... Tall, hung and always hard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1898 |
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