Meanings
adjectivehypermotile (comparative more hypermotile, superlative most hypermotile)
comparative more hypermotile · superlative most hypermotile
- Abnormally or excessively motile.
Others saw this and realized my approach was much faster and easier than trying to pick up hypermotile ants with clumsy forceps.
2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 38
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Hellenic*hupér
- Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
- Englishhyper-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmoveō
- Latinmōtus
- Englishmotile
- Englishhypermotile
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APA
hypermotile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypermotile
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypermotile,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypermotile.
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