Hyperthetical

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hyperthetical \Hy`per*thet"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?; "ype`r over +
     tiqe`nai to place.]
     Exaggerated; excessive; hyperbolical. [Obs.]
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           Hyperthetical or superlative . . . expression.


                                                    --Chapman.
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