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hyperbolic (adj.)
1640s (
iperbolical
is from early 15c.), from Greek
hyperbolikos
"extravagant," from
hyperbole
"extravagance," literally "a throwing beyond" (see
hyperbole
). Geometric sense is from 1670s. Related:
Hyperbolically
.