Meanings
comparative more hyperobservant · superlative most hyperobservant
- Extremely observant.
Love, though, made Dudley hyperobservant.
1994, Erica Arbeel, Women Like Us, Ticknor and Fields, page 423 more examples
And the next time you're out in public, start becoming hyperobservant; look at people's faces and apply the principles you've learned here.
1993, Dick Gautier, Drawing and Cartooning 1,001 Faces, G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 22When her best friend, Hope Weaves, moves away from Pineville, New Jersey, hyperobservant sixteen-year-old Jessica Darling is devastated.
2006, Megan McCafferty, Charmed Thirds, Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 373The hyperobservant of you may have noticed I recently posted asking questions about moving from plus.net to virgin media cable broadband.
2007, Ade <madge@poohfan.com>, uk.telecom.broadband (Usenet), retrieved 26 May 2017
Origin
From hyper- + observant. First used in the 1980s.
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