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superspy

noun

Etymology

From super- + spy.

  1. derived from *speḱ-✻
  2. derived from *spehōną✻
  3. derived from *spehōn✻
  4. derived from espier
  5. inherited from spien
  6. prefixed as superspy — “super + spy”

Definitions

  1. A glamorous, important spy.

    • ...the beginning of the end of Israeli superspy hegemony in spy fiction.
    • Well, at least they look good, especially after escaping from the clutches of the superspy baddies.
    • The three superspies soon discover that the answer involves mysterious codes, secret graveyard meetings, underground torture chambers in medieval castles...

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