different between hyper vs cosmic

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ha?p?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ha?p?/
• Rhymes: -a?p?(r)

Etymology 1

Shortening.

Adjective

hyper (comparative more hyper, superlative most hyper)

1. (colloquial) hyperactive
2. (slang) energetic; overly diligent

Noun

hyper (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, science fiction) hyperspace

Noun

hyper (plural hypers)

1. (bodybuilding, colloquial) hyperextension exercise

Etymology 2

Noun

hyper (plural hypers)

1. (wrestling) Alternative form of hiper
   • 1868, The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review

     Mason of Blencogo was a strong fellow, with no great science or action, and how he disposed of Nichol of Bothel, who was one of the best hypers of the day, puzzled not a few.

Dutch

Etymology

From hyper-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i.p?r/
• Hyphenation: hy?per
• Rhymes: -ip?r

Adjective

hyper (not comparable)

1. (slang) hyperactive, particularly in a panicked or frenetic way

Inflection

Noun

hyper c (plural hypers)

1. (informal) hyperglycaemia

   Synonym: hyperglykemie

   Antonym: hypo

French

Pronunciation

Adverb

hyper

1. (informal) very, a lot

   Tu es hyper sympa!

   You are very nice!

English

Etymology

cosmos +? -ic

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?z'm?k, IPA^(key): /?k?z.m?k/

Adjective

cosmic (comparative more cosmic, superlative most cosmic)

1. Of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe.
2. Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast.

   cosmic speed

   • 1874, John Tyndall, "Inaugural Address before the British Association", in Popular Science, October 1874, page 683

     The human understanding, for example—the faculty which Mr. Spencer has turned so skillfully round upon its own antecedents—is itself a result of the play between organism and environment through cosmic ranges of time.

3. (astronomy, dated) Rising or setting with the sun; not acronycal.

Derived terms

• sociocosmic

Translations

Anagrams

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Romanian

Etymology

From French cosmique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kos.mik/

Adjective

cósmic m or n (feminine singular cosmic?, masculine plural cosmici, feminine and neuter plural cosmice)

1. cosmic

Declension