What is exaggerated; excessive; hyperbolical. [Obs.] Hyperthetical or superlative . . . expression. Chapman called?
hyperthetical — Exaggerated; excessive; hyperbolical. [Obs.] Hyperthetical or superlative . . . expression. Chapman. (Webster's 1913.)
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