hyperbolize

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Hellenic *(h)upér

Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)

Ancient Greek ὑπερ- (huper-)

Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der.

Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō

Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō)

Ancient Greek ὑπερβάλλω (huperbállō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-ā́

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek -η (-ē)

Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ)bor.

Latin hyperbolēbor.

Middle English iperbole

English hyperbole

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English hyperbolize

From hyperbole + -ize.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /haɪˈpɜːbəlaɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /haɪˈpɝbəlaɪz/

Verb

hyperbolize (third-person singular simple present hyperbolizes, present participle hyperbolizing, simple past and past participle hyperbolized)

1. (intransitive, now rare) To exaggerate, use hyperbole.
2. (transitive, now rare) To represent or talk about with hyperbole.

   Synonyms: overemphasize, overstate, stretch; see also Thesaurus:exaggerate

   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
     , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.203:

     to purchase credit to their judgement, and draw you on to beleeve them, they commonly adorne, enlarge, yea, and Hyperbolize the matter.

   • 2000, Vivian Carol Sobchack, Meta Morphing, page 123:

     But what is this metasubstance that blinks at us from the apex of the morph, and that in Terminator 2 is hyperbolized in the quicksilver substratum of the T-1000?

Derived terms

• hyperbolizer