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hyperobservant

adj

Etymology

From hyper- + observant. First used in the 1980s.

  1. borrowed from observant
  2. prefixed as hyperobservant — “hyper + observant”

Definitions

  1. Extremely observant.

    • 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.
    • Love, though, made Dudley hyperobservant.
    • When her best friend, Hope Weaves, moves away from Pineville, New Jersey, hyperobservant sixteen-year-old Jessica Darling is devastated.

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