hyperromanticism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin rōmānicus Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English romanticism English hyperromanticism From hyper- + romanticism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Extreme or excessive romanticism.
All his previous compositions he now considered juvenalia or wrong starts buried too deeply in the harmonies of hyperromanticism.
1982 February, “Carl Orff”, in Wilmot Robertson [pseudonym; John Humphrey Ireland], editor, Instauration, volume 7, number 3, Cape Canaveral, FL: Howard Allen Enterprises, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11:
Forms
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| hyper-romanticism | alternative | lexicographic |