Hy`per*car"bu*ret`ed (?), a. (Chem.) Having an excessive proportion of
carbonic acid; -- said of bicarbonates or acid carbonates. [Written
also hypercarburetted.]
Hy`per*cat`a*lec"tic (?), a. [L. hypercatalecticus, hypercatalectus,
Gr. &?;: cf. F. hypercatalectique. See Hyper-, and Catalectic.] (Pros.)
Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse.
Hy`per*chlo"ric (?), a. (Chem.) See Perchloric.
Hy`per*chro"ma*tism (?), n. The condition of having an unusual
intensity of color.
Hy`per*crit"ic (?), n. [Pref. hyper- + critic: cf. F. hypercritique.]
One who is critical beyond measure or reason; a carping critic; a
captious censor. "Hypercritics in English poetry." Dryden.
Hy`per*crit"ic, a. Hypercritical.
Hy`per*crit"ic*al (?), a. 1. Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly
critical; carping; captious. "Hypercritical readers." Swift.