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1875, from hyper- "over" + glycemia "presence of sugar in the blood."
hyperbole (n.)
"obvious exaggeration in rhetoric," early 15c., from Latin hyperbole, from Greek hyperbole "exaggeration, extravagance," literally "a throwing beyond," from hyper- "beyond" (see hyper-) + bole "a throwing, a casting, the stroke of a missile, bolt, beam," from bol-, nominative stem of ballein "to throw".
1863, from hyper- "over, exceedingly, to excess" +
1925 in the economic sense, from hyper- "over, exceedingly, to excess" +from Latin inflationem (nominative inflatio) "a puffing up, a blowing into; flatulence," noun of action from past participle stem of inflare "blow into, puff up."
1849, from Modern Latin hyperplasia, from hyper- "over, beyond" + -plasia "formation, growth, development."
"unusual power of memory," 1847, from hyper- "over, beyond, in excess" + -mnēsia "memory,"
"very acute vision," 1861, Modern Latin, from hyper- "over, exceedingly, to excess" + Greek ōps "eye"
"panting," 1860, from hyper- "over, beyond, in excess" + ending probably based on older apnea. from apnoos "without breathing, without wind," from a- "not, without" + pnein "to breathe".
hyperkinetic (adj.)
characterized by fast-paced or frenetic activity.
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1875, from hyper- "over" + glycemia "presence of sugar in the blood."
hyperbole (n.)
"obvious exaggeration in rhetoric," early 15c., from Latin hyperbole, from Greek hyperbole "exaggeration, extravagance," literally "a throwing beyond," from hyper- "beyond" (see hyper-) + bole "a throwing, a casting, the stroke of a missile, bolt, beam," from bol-, nominative stem of ballein "to throw".
1863, from hyper- "over, exceedingly, to excess" +
1925 in the economic sense, from hyper- "over, exceedingly, to excess" +from Latin inflationem (nominative inflatio) "a puffing up, a blowing into; flatulence," noun of action from past participle stem of inflare "blow into, puff up."
1849, from Modern Latin hyperplasia, from hyper- "over, beyond" + -plasia "formation, growth, development."
"unusual power of memory," 1847, from hyper- "over, beyond, in excess" + -mnēsia "memory,"
"very acute vision," 1861, Modern Latin, from hyper- "over, exceedingly, to excess" + Greek ōps "eye"
"panting," 1860, from hyper- "over, beyond, in excess" + ending probably based on older apnea. from apnoos "without breathing, without wind," from a- "not, without" + pnein "to breathe".
hyperkinetic (adj.)
characterized by fast-paced or frenetic activity.
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