orthophemistic

orthophemistic

English

Etymology

From ortho- + -phemistic in euphemistic, dysphemistic.

Adjective

orthophemistic (comparative more orthophemistic, superlative most orthophemistic)

1. Plainly denotative; not euphemistic or dysphemistic.
   • 2013, Emma LE Rees, The Vagina, Bloomsbury 2015, p. 22:

     For ‘cunt’ to move to the orthophemistic realm, a seismic linguistic and cultural shift would need to take place.