Word of the Day: HYPERBOLIC

hyperbolic (adj) - of or relating to hyperbole; exaggerated; of or pertaining to an hyperbola [hahy-per-bol-ik]

BREAKDOWN: HYPER- (over or more) + BOL- (throw) + -IC (pertaining to)

• hyperbole is extreme exaggeration or overstatement, often used as a literary or rhetorical device

• to hyperbolize is to exaggerate or use hyperbole

• a hyperbola is a conic section formed by the intersection of a plane and a double cone in the coordinate plane

“It may be hyperbolic to declare that Shakespeare teaches us more about being human than all the natural scientists combined.” —Philip Kitcher