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hypertense

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-per-tense
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extremely tense.

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- English tense English hypertense From hyper- + tense.

Questions

What does hypertense mean?
Extremely tense.
Where does hypertense come from?
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- English tense English hypertense From hyper- + tense.

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