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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Hȳ-pĕr'bo-lă, n. p. 649(Geom.) A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting-plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes; a plane curve such that the difference of the distances from…Hȳ-pĕr'bo-le, n. p. 650(Rhet.) A figure of speech in which the expression is an exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they…Hȳ/per-bŏl'ic or Hȳ/per-bŏl'ic-al, a. p. 650(Math.) Belonging to the hyperbola; having the nature of the hyperbola. 2. Relating to, or containing, hyperbole; exaggerating or diminishing beyond the fact; exceeding the truth; as, an hyperbolical…Hȳ'per-bŏl'ĭe-al-ly, adv. p. 650In the form of an hyperbola. 2. With exaggeration; in a manner to express more or less than the truth. Scylla . . . is hyperbolically described by Homer as inaccessible. Broome.Hŷ'per-bōl'i-fōrm, a. p. 650Having the form, or nearly the form, of an hyperbola.Hȳ'-pēr'bo-lĭsm, n. p. 650The use of hyperbole. Jefferson.Hȳ-pĕr'bo-lĭst, n. p. 650One who uses hyperboles.Hȳ-pĕr'bo-lize, v. t. p. 650To speak or write with exaggeration. Montagu.Hȳ-pĕr'bo-līze, v. t. p. 650To exaggerate or to extenuate; to represent hyperbolically. Fotherby.Hȳ-pĕr'bo-loid, n. p. 650(Geom.) An hyperbolic conoid; a solid formed by the revolution of an hyperbola about its axis; a surface or solid whose plane sections are either ellipses or hyperbolas. Math. Dict.Hŷ'-per-bō're-an, a. p. 650Northern; belonging to, or inhabiting, a region very far north; most northern; hence, very cold; frigid.Hȳ'-per-bō're-an, n. p. 650An inhabitant of the most northern region of the earth.Hȳ′per-eār′bu-ret-ed, a. p. 650(Chem.) Supercarbureted; having the largest proportion of carbon.Hȳ'-per-căt'a-lēc'tic, a. p. 650(Gr. & Lat. Pros.) Having a syllable or two beyond the regular measure; — said of a verse.Hŷ'-per-chlō'rie, a. p. 650(Chem.) Containing a greater proportion of oxygen than chloric acid.Hŷ'-per-crit'ic, n. p. 650One who is critical beyond measure or reason; an over-rigid critic; a captious censor. Dryden.Hŷ'-per-crit'ic or Hŷ'-per-crit'ic-al, a. p. 650Over-critical; critical beyond use or reason; animadverting on faults with unjust severity. “Hypercritical readers.” Swift. 2. Excessively nice or exact; as, an hypercritical punctilio. Evelyn.Hȳ'-per-crit'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 650In an hypercritical manner.Hŷ'per-crīt'i-cīse, v. t. p. 650To criticise with unjust severity.Hȳ'-per-crit'i-cĭsm, n. p. 650Excessive rigor of criticism; zoilism.Hȳ'-per-dū'li-ă, n. p. 650Super-service in the Roman Catholic church, performed to the Virgin Mary. Usher.Hŷ'per-dū'ly, n. p. 650The same as HYPERDULLA. [Obs.]Hȳ′-per-æs-thē′si-a, n. p. 650(Med.) A state of exalted sensibility of a part of the body.Hŷ-pĕr'i-cŭm, n. p. 650(Bot.) A plant of a shrubby nature, generally with dotted leaves, and usually yellow flowers; — called also St. John's wort. Loudon.Hȳ-pē'ri-on, n. p. 650(Myth.) Apollo, the god of day, who was distinguished for his beauty. So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr. Shak. Pronounced Hyperi'on in the classics.Hȳ-pĕr'me-ter, n. p. 650An hypercataleptic verse; hence, any thing exceeding the ordinary standard of measure. When a man rises above six foot he is an hypermeter. Addison.Hy̆'per-mĕt'rie-al, a. p. 650Exceeding the common measure; having a redundant syllable. Hypermetrical verse (Gr. & Lat. Pros.), a verse which contains a syllable more than the ordinary measure. When this is the case, the…Hȳ′/per-mȳr′/i-o-rā′/mā or Hȳ′/per-mȳr′/i-o-rā′-/mā, n. p. 650A show or exhibition having a great or countless number of scenes or views. [Rare.]Hȳ'per-ôr'tho-dŏx'y, n. p. 650Orthodoxy pushed to excess; excessive orthodoxy. Dick.Hÿ'per-ōx'ide, n. p. 650[Prefix hyper and oxide, q. v.;Hý'per-ōx'yd p. 650Fr. hypéroxide. } (Chem.) An oxide which has an excess of oxygen; a super-oxide.Hy'per-ŏx'y-gen-ā'ted or Hy'per-ŏx'y-gen-īzed, a. p. 650(Chem.) Containing an excess of oxygen.Hÿ'per-ōx'y-mū'ri-ate, n. p. 650(Chem.) A compound formed by the union of hyperoxy muriatic acid and a base, — now called chlorate.Hy'per-ōx'y-mū'ri-āt'ic, a. p. 650(Chem.) Pertaining to or designating a certain acid; as, hyperoxymuriatic acid, the same as chloric acid.Hy'per-phys'ic-al, a. p. 650Above or transcending physical laws or method. “Those who do not fly to some hyper-physical hypothesis.” Sir W. Hamilton.Hȳ'per-sär-eō'mă or Hȳ'per-sär-eō'sis, n. p. 650(Med.) A soft, fungus excrescence, especially such as appears upon ulcerated parts; fungosity. Dunglison.Hÿ'per-stēne or Hÿ'per-sthēne, n. p. 650(Min.) A foliated variety of either augite or hornblende, of a grayish or greenish black color. Dana.Hÿ'per-stēn'ic, a. p. 650(Min.)Hȳ'per-sthēn'ĭc, a. p. 650Composed of, or containing, hypersthene.Hȳ'per-thēt'ie-al, a. p. 650Superlative. [Obs.] Chapman.Hȳ'per-thȳr'i-on, n. p. 650(Arch.) That part of the architrave which is over a door or window.Hÿ'per-trōph'ic, a. p. 650Hÿ'per-trōph'ie-al p. 650Producing, or tending to produce, hypertrophy.Hy̆-pēr'tro-phīed, a. p. 650Augmented in bulk from increase of nutrition.Hy-pĕr'tro-phy, n. p. 650(Med.) The state of an organ or part of the body in which, from increased nutrition, its bulk is augmented.Hy'phen, n. p. 650(Print.) A mark or short line, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with one or more syllables of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between two words…Hyp-nōl'o-ğist, n. p. 650One versed in hypnology.Hyp-nōl'o-gy, n. p. 650A discourse or treatise on sleep.Hyp-nŏt'ic, a. p. 650Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific. 2. Characterized by unnatural or morbid sleep.Hyp-nōt'ic, n. p. 650A medicine that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific.Hÿp'no-tĭsm, n. p. 650Sleep, especially a kind of sleep or somnambulism said to be produced by means of animal magnetism; also a similar condition produced in persons of very delicate organization, by gazing at a very…Hȳp'no-tīze, v. t. p. 650To affect with hypnotism.Hÿ'po p. 650A prefix from the Greek preposition ὑπό, under, beneath, and frequently used in composition to signify a less quantity, or a low state or degree of that denoted by the word with which it is joined…Hÿ'po, n. p. 650A morbid depression of spirits; hyp. [Colloq.]Hy̆-pŏb'o-le, n. p. 650(Rhet.) A figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favor of the opposite side, and each of them is refuted in order.Hy̆p'o-caust, n. p. 650(Anc. Arch.) A vaulted apartment from which the heat of a fire was distributed to rooms above, by means of earthen tubes. This contrivance, first used in baths, was afterward adopted in private…Hy̆p'o-chŏn'dres, n. pl. p. 650The same as HYPOCHONDRIUM, q. v.Hy̆p'o-chŏn'dri-ȧ, n. p. 650(Med.) A mental disorder arising ordinarily from digestive derangement, in which melancholy and gloomy views torment the affected person, particularly concerning his own health.Hy̆p'o-chŏn'dri-ăc, a. p. 650Pertaining to the hypochondria, or the parts of the body so called; as, the hypochondriac region. See HYPOCHONDRIUM. 2. Affected, characterized, or produced by, hypochondria. 3. Producing melancholy…Hy̆p'o-chŏn'dri-ăc, n. p. 650A person affected with hypochondria. He had become an incurable hypochondriac. Macaulay.