hypertrophicadj.
/hʌɪpəˈtrɒfɪk/ a. Of the nature of, affected with, or producing hypertrophy. (Also figurative.)
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unthriftyc1440
unthriving1600
abortive1601
stunted1719
abortient1768
stockeda1796
hypertrophic1832
accretionary1841
accretional1843
homonomous1854
stasimorphic1869
geomalic1880
homoeotic1894
concrescent1902
infantilistic1930
1832 Coleridge in Blackwood's Mag. 31 956 The following Out-slough, or hypertrophic Stanza.
1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 719/2 The anatomical characters of a hypertrophic brain.
1856 W. L. Lindsay Pop. Hist. Brit. Lichens 41 Their hypertrophic or abnormal condition.
b. Grammar. Characterized by excess of expression.
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hyperbolical?a1475
hyperbolous1638
hyperbolic1646
hypertrophic1874
1874 T. H. Key Lang. 271 In the Old German we find an abundant crop of hypertrophic comparatives from prepositions.
Derivatives
hyperˈtrophical adj. (Craig 1847).
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