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hyperformal

adj

Etymology

From hyper- + formal.

  1. derived from fōrmālis
  2. derived from formel
  3. inherited from formel
  4. prefixed as hyperformal — “hyper + formal”

Definitions

  1. Very highly formal

    Very highly formal; formal for formality's sake.

    • Most of the above linguistic elements used to display a mocking stance are formal and hyperformal rather than stereotypically white linguistic variants[…]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hyperformal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA