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hyperæsthetic, a.|-ɛs-, -iːsˈθɛtɪk| Also -esthetic. [f. hyper- 4, 5 + Gr. αἰσθητικ-ός perceptive: see æsthetic.] 1. Affected with hyperæsthesia; excessively or morbidly sensitive.
1855Mayne Expos. Lex., Hyperesthetic. 1872T. G. Thomas Dis. Women 116 The hyperæsthetic condition of the nerves. 1897Allbutt Syst. Med. III. 872 In peritonitis the skin of the abdomen is hyperæsthetic. 2. (hyper-æsthetic). Excessively æsthetic.
1879F. Harrison Choice Bks. (1886) 85 When one meets bevies of hyperæsthetic young maidens. 1896Advance (Chicago) 25 June 918/2 Some hyper-esthetic people think that no good can come from a sermon whose divisions are marked by ‘first’, ‘secondly’, and ‘thirdly’. |