Word Meanings - HYPER- - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A prefix equivalent to super- or per-; as hyperoxide, or peroxide. See Per-. (more info) 1. A prefix signifying over, above; as, hyperphysical, hyperthyrion; also, above measure, abnormally great, excessive; as, hyperæmia, hyperbola,

Additional info about word: HYPER-

A prefix equivalent to super- or per-; as hyperoxide, or peroxide. See Per-. (more info) 1. A prefix signifying over, above; as, hyperphysical, hyperthyrion; also, above measure, abnormally great, excessive; as, hyperæmia, hyperbola, hypercritical, hypersecretion.

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• SUPERFETE
  To conceive after a former conception. Howell.
• SUPERCONCEPTION
  Superfetation. Sir T. Browne.
• SUPERFLUITY
  1. A greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance; as, a superfluity of water; a superfluity of wealth. A quiet mediocrity is still to be preferred before a troubled superfluity. Suckling. 2. The state or quality of being superfluous; excess.
• HYPERTROPHIC; HYPERTROPHICAL
  Of or pertaining to hypertrophy; affected with, or tending to, hypertrophy.
• HYPERTROPHY
  A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.
• SUPERNATURALNESS
  The quality or state of being supernatural.
• SUPERCELESTIAL
  1. Situated above the firmament, or great vault of heaven. Waterland. 2. Higher than celestial; superangelic.
• SUPERSTITIONIST
  One addicted to superstition. "Blind superstitionists." Dr. H. More.
• SUPERREFLECTION
  The reflection of a reflected image or sound. Bacon.
• HYPERCRITICALLY
  In a hypercritical manner.
• HYPERMETROPIA; HYPERMETROPY
  A condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina; farsightedness; -- called also hyperopia. Cf. Emmetropia. Note: In hypermetropia, vision for
• SUPERMEDIAL
  Above the middle.
• SUPERROYAL
  Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing and writing paper. See the Note under Paper, n.
• SUPERSTRUCT
  To build over or upon another structure; to erect upon a foundation. This is the only proper basis on which to superstruct first innocency and then virtue. Dr. H. More. (more info) to build upon; super over + struere to build. See Super-, and
• SUPERFLUITANT
  Floating above or on the surface. Sir T. Browne. -- Su`per*flu"i*tance, n.
• SUPERFINE
  1. Very fine, or most fine; being of surpassing fineness; of extra nice or fine quality; as, superfine cloth. 2. Excessively fine; too nice; over particular; as, superfine distinctions; superfine tastes.
• SUPERACIDULATED
  Acidulated to excess.
• SUPERSTRUCTION
  1. The act of superstructing, or building upon. 2. That which id superstructed, or built upon some foundation; an edifice; a superstructure. My own profession hath taught me not to erect new superstructions upon an old ruin. Denham.
• HYPERSTHENE
  An orthorhombic mineral of the pyroxene group, of a grayish or greenish black color, often with a peculiar bronzelike luster on the cleavage surface.
• HYPERPHYSICAL
  Above or transcending physical laws; supernatural. Those who do not fly to some hyperphysical hypothesis. Sir W. Hamilton.
• INGREAT
  To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. Fotherby.
• HYPERBATON
  A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, "echoed the hills" for "the hills echoed." With a violent hyperbaton to transpose the text. Milton.