hyperverbal

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adjective

Highly verbal; tending to talk very much.

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Meanings

adjectivehyperverbal (comparative more hyperverbal, superlative most hyperverbal)

comparative more hyperverbal · superlative most hyperverbal

  1. Highly verbal; tending to talk very much.

    If it haunts him, it’s going to haunt his alter ego. Mr. Leary, 51, who is also a producer of the show, isn’t Tommy Gavin, but the resemblance is no accident: both men are Irish-Americans, lapsed Catholics, sometime hockey players and prone to hyperverbal explosions of caustic wit.

    2009 April 5, Mark Harris, “Fifth Alarm for That Haunted Fireman”, in New York Times

Origin

From hyper- + verbal.

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APA

hyperverbal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperverbal

MLA

“hyperverbal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperverbal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hyperverbal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperverbal.

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