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- Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromὑπερδώριος
- English todayhyperdoric
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπερδώριος (huperdṓrios). By surface analysis, hyper- + Doric.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
hyperdoric
Today it means: Having artificial, phonological hyperadaptations that imitate and exaggerate the distinctive features of Doric Greek in an unetymological fashion, sometimes intentionally for stylistic effect. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ὑπερδώριος