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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

hyperthyroidic en · ADJ

Etymology

From hyper- + thyroid + -ic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Relating to hyperthyroidism.
  2. (figuratively, not-comparable) Excessive.
    • But we can get Glenn Beck teary and feel a Chris Matthews thrill up the leg as we think about the hyperthyroidic posturing of Keith Olbermann and Bill O’Reilly. 2009 July 21, Clyde Haberman, “2009: A Year to Remember 40 Years Ago”, in New York Times: