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Of expressions: Hyperbolical. Obsolete.
figurative. Highly coloured, highflown; startling, extravagant.
Of language (esp. praise), imagination, etc.: extravagant, unrestrained.
Over-conspicuous, glaring, showy, gaudy; †extravagant, irregular. In later use as transferred from 4.
Expressive of extreme views.
Excessively strong (in various senses).