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hypertrophic

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Etymology

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From hypertroph(y) +‎ -ic.

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hypertrophic (comparative more hypertrophic, superlative most hypertrophic)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypertrophy.
    • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 360:
      Yet these increasingly hypertrophic forms of masculinity existed in tension with ideals of obedience, courtesy, cultural refinement and charity that were still viewed as markers of the ‘gentleman’.

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hypertrophic (not comparable)

  1. hypertrophic